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Does this poll indicate that FF's support is down to 18%

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  • 20-05-2010 8:01pm
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    funnyname
    Registered Users Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭


    http://www.irishtimes.com/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=yesnopoll&pollid=9362&answer=1

    Should there be a statutory time limit within which byelections must be held?
    82% YES

    18% NO

    The Irish Times Poll is a forum for people who wish to express their views on issues of topical interest. In order to represent as wide a range of opinions as possible and provide a stimulating platform for discussion, we ask all our contributors to only post comments which are relevant to the daily question.


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    tolosenc
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    No. It indicates what proportion of visitors to the Irish Times website clicked yes or no to a poll.


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    funnyname
    Registered Users Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭funnyname


    Toulousain wrote: »
    No. It indicates what proportion of visitors to the Irish Times website clicked yes or no to a poll.

    :D


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    RATM
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    I wouldn't trust nor vote in any of those newspaper polls- if they are not showing the numbers of voters then the percentages of Yes/No are useless.


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    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    No, but my pole indicates their totally ****ed.


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,285 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    funnyname wrote: »
    Does this poll indicate that FF's support is down to 18%
    No. Self selecting polls can be badly skewed. For accuracy, the poll respondents should be selected at random and the figures adjusted to fit a standardised profile (your poll might only have a few hundred or thousand respondents and might have a distorted demographic).


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    Mushy
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    Tests can be done to say whether its significant though, so it could, and probably does, reflect something.


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,285 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Mushy wrote: »
    Tests can be done to say whether its significant though,
    Irrelevant. You are comparing apples and rhinoceroses.
    so it could, and probably does, reflect something.
    It only reflects Irish times voters (worldwide) who happened to vote in that poll. It has nothing to do with the people likely to vote FF in an Irish election.


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