Comments on: NY1 Poll: How do You Want Your Legislator to Vote? http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/ny1-poll-how-do-you-want-your-legislator-to-vote/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: niccolo machiavelli http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/ny1-poll-how-do-you-want-your-legislator-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-47176 niccolo machiavelli Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:26:53 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/ny1-poll-how-do-you-want-your-legislator-to-vote/#comment-47176 I always find ny1 cynical criticism and commentary on mta issues, particularly but not limited to fare and service issues, delightfully humorous. Its the fucking cable company for christsakes! Schiumo has been pushing an anti cp line on his call in show and to no big surprise his "polls" usually agree. Imagine an ideal world where the mta was run with all the private sector efficiecies as time-warner cable! "we'll have a cable guy come by to fix your train sometime a week from tommorrow between 10am and 2pm." I always find ny1 cynical criticism and commentary on mta issues, particularly but not limited to fare and service issues, delightfully humorous. Its the fucking cable company for christsakes! Schiumo has been pushing an anti cp line on his call in show and to no big surprise his “polls” usually agree. Imagine an ideal world where the mta was run with all the private sector efficiecies as time-warner cable! “we’ll have a cable guy come by to fix your train sometime a week from tommorrow between 10am and 2pm.”

]]> By: Angus Grieve-Smith http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/ny1-poll-how-do-you-want-your-legislator-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-47163 Angus Grieve-Smith Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:19:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/ny1-poll-how-do-you-want-your-legislator-to-vote/#comment-47163 There are polls that follow established scientific guidelines for sampling and data collection - and even those can be influenced, as we saw with the Quinnipiac poll. These online polls are in another league altogether. There's nothing stopping people from voting multiple times and no guarantee that the people voting come from a particular area, or even a particular country. The most they can tell you is that someone felt strongly enough to click that radio button. There are polls that follow established scientific guidelines for sampling and data collection – and even those can be influenced, as we saw with the Quinnipiac poll.

These online polls are in another league altogether. There’s nothing stopping people from voting multiple times and no guarantee that the people voting come from a particular area, or even a particular country. The most they can tell you is that someone felt strongly enough to click that radio button.

]]> By: Konrad http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/ny1-poll-how-do-you-want-your-legislator-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-47160 Konrad Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:59:14 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/ny1-poll-how-do-you-want-your-legislator-to-vote/#comment-47160 92% in favor after my vote. Too bad they don't tell you how many votes so far. 92% in favor after my vote. Too bad they don’t tell you how many votes so far.

]]> By: BicyclesOnly http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/ny1-poll-how-do-you-want-your-legislator-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-47150 BicyclesOnly Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:59:12 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/ny1-poll-how-do-you-want-your-legislator-to-vote/#comment-47150 Ha ha--the poll is currently 91% in favor of CP. Ha ha–the poll is currently 91% in favor of CP.

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