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poll of Republicans Met With Shock, Skepticism
poll of Republicans Met With Shock, Skepticism
Most Republicans think Obama is a socialist and Palin is madami qualified than him to be president. Most either think Obama wasn't born in the U.S. or aren't sure. Nearly 40 percent want him impeached. Just a few of the results in a Daily Kos poll.
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You have got to be kidding me.
"It's human nature for people to interpret any poll in a way that reinforces what they already believe. And if they can't, they simply dismiss the research as being flawed. Perhaps that is the real takeaway from this survey."
Does anyone agree or disagree with the above statement? I very much agree. One of the tools in your kit in a debate classroom is to attack the source of the opposing side. Polls and surveys are easily attacked more than any other kind of information because you can assert researcher bias, contaminated sample pool, etc, etc.
I mean, take for example the concept of "curing" homosexuality. There have been several studies done on whether or not this can be done and, depending on who funded the study, the results are always biased. Often you'll find the exact same study, one done by, let's say, a Democratic Political Organization and the other one done by, maybe, a Christian Research Lab, and their results will be the exact opposite.
If the researchers don't color their own research then, as the quote points out, the interpreter definitely will. The people at the DPO will slam the people over at the CRL saying that their study was invalid, and meanwhile the CRL will claim the same of the DPO.
So I guess surveys and polls aren't as telling as people like to believe.
EDIT: Spelling
Surveys and polls are not usually very telling. They're reliable but usually not very valid.
Still, that 'statistic' scares me. I don't see how one's sexuality even comes into it. It's people's rights as humans to apply for that job.
This is a bit random, but I know you're super clever lol, does the US have something similar to the UK Sex Discrimination Act? (deals with gender, sexuality, relationship status, etc)
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