Hello,
"What should they have done with the story? sit on
it?"
Sure! We'll add it to the pile of stories that they
sat on during the campaign!"
Guy Gambill
(Uptown)
On Nov 6, 2005, at 2:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
"I know it's tough when you open up your Sunday paper
and you see that > your candidate is 20 points down.
However I don't think you can blame the Strib. I'm
sure when they conducted the poll, they had no idea
it would show a 20 point lead. What should they have
done with the story? sit on it?
Doing a poll, and reporting the results on the Sunday
before the election means that no one has any time to
adjust their strategy to the new situation.
Doing a poll, and reporting on it the weekend
**before** the last weekend, 9-10 days before the
election, is OK. The down ballot candidates would
have time to adjust. It provides virtually the same
information to paper's readers -- for example, I doubt
there's been much change in this year's mayoral race
between Oct. 30 and Nov. 6.
But reporting on a poll like this, 48 hours before the
election, just depresses turnout.
This year, I suspect it'll depress R.T.'s turnout,
because a lot of his voters will think they're not
needed."
Greg Abbott
Linden Hills
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