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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."
The 7-11 by me only had Bush cups a few days ago.
Either they were trying to swing the poll, or they had sold out of the Kerry cups.
I'm guessing it's the latter, since I live in a fairly liberal area, and all of the local stop signs have been modified to read:
"STOP
BUSH"
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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Every morning before work (if I'm not running too terribly late) I ask myself who I plan to vote for.
So far Kerry's numbers look very good, while Dubya appears likely to be filing for unemployment soon.
Sure, the sample size leaves something to be desired, but I feel my methods are *at least* as accurate as polling drunk expats in Paris.
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
At my bar in Texas Bush is the predicted winner.
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WHO ATE MY BREAKFAST PANTS?
...and how is that any different to election day? Vote early, vote often I say :)
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.
According to 7-11, Bush cup supporters enjoy their coffee with plenty of rich cream and sugar, while Kerry cup supporters prefered they're coffee black or opted for a more international blend. With less the one percent of the cup vote third party cups remained unused, cup voters instead opted for their homemade organic root-marm. When asked about the poll Bush was quoted as saying, "Juan Valdez is a true patriot. Never forget 7-11... er I mean 911." The Kerry camp simply stated, "most young americans don't drink coffee, do you have any questions not related to coffee." Ralph Nader popular third party candidate had this to say. "Corporate America is pulling a fast one at the expense of the American consumer once again with cofee lids that could easily pop off scalding thousands, blinding hundreds."