Somerville News polls: A very strange phenomenon.

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

Has anyone noticed that virtually ALL Somerville News polls end up with the "YES" response winning? Often in a landslide. This is the case, even when the question is really loaded toward a "NO" response (often). What gives? Not that I think those polls are worth anything, but someone else might.

Comments

[no1onthecorner.livejournal.com]

YES.

[ron_newman]

Somerville News polls are generally so stupid that they aren't worth discussing at all. At least here on LJ, you can't vote more than once in a poll.

This, on the other hand, is absolutely hilarious: Mechanic finds hidden gun in Somerville News delivery van

OMG!

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

It is rather hilarious! But now I worry James Norton is gonna shoot me in the leg ("gambizzare", they used to say) for saying not so great things about the SN! :)

[geekpixie.livejournal.com]

"What seems to be the problem sir?"

"Well, the van seems to be making this strange noise, like a click, and a bang!"

I wonder how the Magliozzi brothers would handle such a call!

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

:)

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

NO

[jamesnorton.livejournal.com]

i am the kinder gentler jamie norton these days. for now.

i agree, the poll shouldn't be able to have multiple votes - hopefully the servicer can work that out.

as far as the results - i just scrolled through the poll results - it actually looks dead even - the last seven polls were so lopsided with YES results, that i was shocked to see the next four with larger NO than YES results.

anyways, that's my story and i'm stickin to it. enjoy.

[lslapiko.livejournal.com]

I have noticed this. I keep thinking that Somerville News readers and or voters must be super-conservative based on those polls, but I didn't know it was possible to vote more than once. Worthless. I was really shocked at the results of the surveillance camera polls.

Yup, the cam poll freaked me out.

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

But we don't know how MANY people actually voted. So...

Disclaimer: I am a girl who lives in Somerville.

[aki.livejournal.com]

Somerville girls are easy.

Re: Yup, the cam poll freaked me out.

[jamesnorton.livejournal.com]

here is what was on my back end for that poll -

surveillance camera
Do you think surveillance cameras will improve Somerville’s emergency preparedness?
3/31/2009 4/4/2009
88 Yes
61 No