DIY Polling Shows Bush, Kerry Will Win

Posted by michael on Thursday October 28, 2004 @11:08AM from the as-accurate-as-any-other dept.

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."

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high numbers by Doc+Ruby · 2004-10-28 11:25 · Score: 4, Interesting

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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Unfortunately ... by BlueSteel · 2004-10-28 12:02 · Score: 4, Interesting

Unfortunately for Kerry, the children's Weekly Reader poll says otherwise.

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.

... I always knew I didn't like kids.