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Scientific Internet Poll Favors Bush

July 08, 2004 08:29 PM

According to my scientific Internet poll, Edwards isn't helping Kerry's chances much.

I seldom see any web-sites (blogs) supporting Bush, most sites I read are exactly the opposite. I wondered though, is this just a false indication that Kerry will clean-up? Maybe the blogging community is just where a certain type of people hang out, or, maybe it's proof for the echo-chamber argument, just like when every one thought Dean would still be around... just because everyone thought that Dean would still be around. Maybe I just don't read enough blogs.

Whatever the reason, my recent internet poll indicates that my daily blog-read gives me a very skewed view of what will actually happen in the next election. The results are in, and it's not looking good for Kerry.

Date	Google results for "I'm voting for Kerry"	Google results for "I'm voting for Bush"
June 20	1,860	2,350
June 21	1,840	2,360
June 22	1,840	2,370
June 24	1,770	2,300
June 27	1,690	2,230
June 30	1,660	2,180
July 8	1,760	2,200

Of course, there is no way to know how many of the "I'm voting for Bush" hits were from last election, or even his father's elections... if we divide Bush's 2,200 by the four election his name has appeared in, he'll only be getting 550 votes this year from people who write on web-sites.

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Comments about Scientific Internet Poll Favors Bush

Hopefully, most of your I'm voting for Bush hits came from statements like There is no way in hell I'm voting for Bush.

Posted by: UltraBob at July 16, 2004 11:00 AM

I sure hope the poll is right about the Bush numbers. A Kerry pesidency scares the hell out of me. Unlike democrates in the past I have no idea what Kerry really stands for (excepting of course himself). IF Sandy Berger is the best he can do for advisors, what are we in for?

Posted by: edward at July 24, 2004 12:16 PM