Ray B
AH legend
Yesterday I had a phone call from a PR firm with questions. this one was about my opinion of the local Public Utility. In short, the PUD wants to know what the public thinks of it. why they care I do not know since their job is to provide electricity which is quantifiable and fact related as to how effective the service is.
Then I see polls quoted regarding politics. All sorts of percentages as to which candidate would get their vote and which program is most important. the numbers vary widely, which causes me to wonder. Of all the people that I am acquainted with, which considering they are from different groups (hunters, state employees, mainline church adherents, vets, etc) they all have their opinions of what they see as effective government and the opinions vary greatly from far left to far right. But one thing I notice is that the basic opinion/position never changes. How they would vote for one or the other or political party remains the same. so if all of the people that I know are firm in their choice of candidate, where are all of these folks that change their mind depending on some news story? I suspect the variance is in the poll and how the questions are phrased so that answering yes really means that you answered no.
Then I see polls quoted regarding politics. All sorts of percentages as to which candidate would get their vote and which program is most important. the numbers vary widely, which causes me to wonder. Of all the people that I am acquainted with, which considering they are from different groups (hunters, state employees, mainline church adherents, vets, etc) they all have their opinions of what they see as effective government and the opinions vary greatly from far left to far right. But one thing I notice is that the basic opinion/position never changes. How they would vote for one or the other or political party remains the same. so if all of the people that I know are firm in their choice of candidate, where are all of these folks that change their mind depending on some news story? I suspect the variance is in the poll and how the questions are phrased so that answering yes really means that you answered no.