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DIY Polling Shows Bush, Kerry Will Win
cheese_wallet writes "7-eleven has a poll conducted by the choice of cup their customers pick for their coffee. They can pick a Kerry cup, a Bush cup, or a Third Party/No Opinion cup (interesting combo). Although it is considered completely unscientific, it polls millions of people and gets past the cell phone barrier. You can see the current stats." And reader Noryungi writes "This is very tongue-in-cheek... Harry's Bar, in Paris (France) has been conducting straw polls for the past 80 years, and has been wrong only once, in 1976. So... who is the winner, according to Harry's Bar poll, for the 2004 US election? Kerry. And not by small numbers either, Kerry wins 56% to 44% in the latest Straw Vote, which is a larger margin than all the other US-based pollsters."
Among those Americans who are online 44% support Bush and 39% support Kerry.
Coffee drinkers, who actually buy their coffee from a store instead of getting the free stuff at work because it tastes better, tend to go Republican. Just a thought.
According to the coffee-poll site, Kerry + Bush (48.89 + 51.11%) = 100%, but they have 3rd option. No one chose it? Maybe I'm just bitter about corporate sponsored polls, but 7-11's poll seems pretty dicey.
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Let's assume that the straw poll only takes into account the fact that a 56 - 44 popular vote could still result in a win for Bush in the electoral college.
The 7/11 poll is disturbingly evenly split. The difference is so small that voting irregularities could easily constitute the margin.
Also you have to take into consideration the fact that even if this survey was done on a large enough and evenly dispersed population to be accurate and that everyone voted truthfully, NOT EVERYONE WILL VOTE. Does anyone know if Democrats are statistically more or less likely to actually go out and vote than Republicans.
These three things alone will determine our election.
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Unfortunately for Kerry, the children's Weekly Reader poll says otherwise.
... I always knew I didn't like kids.
Since 1956, Weekly Reader students in grades 1-12 have correctly picked the president, making the Weekly Reader poll one of the most accurate predictors of presidential outcomes in history.
Well, I suppose we also learn that some companies will take advantage of any situation in the effort to sell more product... and also, that Slashdot is happy to link to your promotional campaign for free if describe it right.
The lesson? Stick with what you do best 7-11. Selling hot 3-day-old rotating meat logs.
For grins, I counted the number of United States that are in this poll. The number that I arrived at is: 31.
I guess I could understand if they only omitted Alaska(AK) and Hawaii(HI); however, they left out 38% of the United States! We have 50 states here!
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