Online polls are definately biased. There's no way of knowing if the respondents are representative of the population, or whether they have voted more than once.
j. williams wrote: > On Sunday Reuters reported a study done by the nonprofit Pew Internet and > American Life project concerning usage of the internet for political > purposes. The results from a sample of 2,745 adults indicate Republicans > are more likely to vote in online opinion polls than Democrats. Nearly > half of the Republicans participate in online political polling as compared > to 28% of the Democrats. The study's director indicates the online polls > are skewed toward conservative views and may be a "false indicator." > . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
