Comments on: Premature Evaluation: Or, Why Internet Polls Aren’t Worth the Paper They Aren’t Even Printed On

By: David Kinkade

David Kinkade — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:21:44 +0000

Ozarks GOP,
Make that two votes for the used tire painted white. In fact, I think you should run for office on that very platform. Ozarks GOP for Governor, huzzah!
D.

By: Ozarks GOP

Ozarks GOP — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:53:00 +0000

Really, folks, aren’t there more worthy issues to be discussed in this all-important senate seat? If the GOP is going to gain 4-5 seats in the State Senate, our candidates need to talk about real issues, like whether we should make UA play ASU in football. Or maybe what the official state planter should be (I support the used tire painted white). Or how about the state fish…oh wait, they already had that debate.

By: nick cochran

nick cochran — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:22:48 +0000

There are loads of problems with internet polling, besides just multiple votes and robo voting. They are biased by the type of traffic you get, and a litany of other methodological errors. In short, internet pollare fun to do, but pretty much senseless as any real measure of pretty much anything.

By: R Bryan Benafield Jr

R Bryan Benafield Jr — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:32:27 +0000

fruitfly, I am testing your hypothesis every day on my blog.

By: Greenberg: Standing Firm Against Internet Polls | The Tolbert Report

Greenberg: Standing Firm Against Internet Polls | The Tolbert Report — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:16:00 +0000

[...] Rep. Dan Greenberg and candidate for the State Senate took some time today on The Arkansas Project to address a serious issue facing us all – Internet Polls. I can see how this would rank high on [...]

By: fruitfly

fruitfly — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:23:57 +0000

“What if a blog “post” fell in the forest and no reader was there to read it, would it still make a damn bit of difference?”

By: Susan D. Nym

Susan D. Nym — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:33:31 +0000

tva, could you add a few more insults into your comments, this would make them even more persuasive

(not!)

By: TVA

TVA — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:31:48 +0000

Is this all you’ve got, Dan?
Weak.

By: Cameron Bluff

Cameron Bluff — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:27:02 +0000

Lordy, David…you should have stayed gone

By: Arkansas Blogger

Arkansas Blogger — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:43:37 +0000

Someday, when the technical means exist to curtail the potential for fraud and abuse, online polls will count for something – but at the expense of privacy. In that future scenario, only verified registered voters in District 22 will be allowed to vote in the online poll. Then candidates will start to pay heed to the online polls.