Re: [Marxism] One in six French people say they support ISIS

[Clay Claiborne via Marxism]

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I tend not to trust polls because they can so easily be skewed. I didn't
see the range of questions asked, the order or the context. They said that
the ~ 1000 respondents in each country were selected by random dialling,
but they didn't say what the total number of people dialled was. I find it
hard to believe all those dialled participated because I know what I do
when I receive a call from a pollster. That means the respondents were to
some extent self-selecting. Then the question becomes why would some people
be willing to take the time to express an opinion about ISIS and others
not? You might find that the answer to that question already creates a pool
favorable to ISIS.

Then you must consider why the poll was commissioned by Russian money. I
suspect they were looking for the results they got more than they were
looking for the truth.

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On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Joseph Catron via Marxism 
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 I'm particularly happy to see that more in Gaza have an unfavorable
 view than in France, the United Kingdom, or Germany. (That has
 something to do with people here knowing what it is, but still.)

 http://www.vox.com/2014/8/26/6067123/isis-poll

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Re: [Marxism] One in six French people say they support ISIS

[Jeff via Marxism]

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Well the original poll was taken a month and a half ago, and the raw data
is reported here:

http://www.icmresearch.com/data/media/pdf/New-EU-Comb.pdf

But I agree with Clay, that these numbers are beyond belief. I suspect the
results may have been contaminated by people who didn't even know what they
were being questioned about and were too ashamed to admit that (as 20-30%
did admit, in the bottom row) and just made a random guess. I think a
proper poll should have first ascertained whether a respondent follows news
from the Middle East (though of course the form of that determination would
likewise bias any poll which restricted the sample base). But if anything
like that proportion of people in any European country (or elsewhere)
really supported ISIS, then I have totally misread the political landscape
and would be stunned.

- Jeff



At 10:58 01-09-14 -0500, you wrote:
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I tend not to trust polls because they can so easily be skewed.

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