Thursday, April 24, 2008

Polling Gone Too Far

According to Cnn.com:
"The results in Pennsylvania followed trends set in previous contests: Clinton won the white vote, Obama won the black vote; Clinton won the older vote, Obama won the younger vote; Clinton won in rural areas, Obama carried the urban vote"


A good friend of mine is black. most people assume she's italian. she's young, but isn't in college and spends most of her time with older adults. She's spent have her life in Philly and half in one of those Jersey suburb areas that represents why it's called the Garden State.

She also voted in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.

Her mix of demographics is not unusual.

Polling these days seems to be taking up too many headlines and newscasts. Demographic polling doesn't seem to represent real people. Maybe if the media stopped drawing conclusions, the candidates could talk to actual individuals for a CHANGE... and stop trying to appeal to demographics.

It's really time to put polling in it's place... it's kind of on an ego trip right now.

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