Un-Scientific(Max how do you spell the theme from close encounters of third kind?)

Tom Lehman TLehman at lor.net
Sat Sep 30 07:14:28 PDT 2000


Vote in the virtual voting booth and a window with the results pops up. Over 405,000 votes had been cast when I virtually voted. The virtual voting booth is at the bottom of the page on your left.

Tom

Gregory Geboski wrote:


> OK, before I sound off I need to know what people are talking about here. I
> just went to the site; there is something at the bottom of the page called
> "Virtual Voting Booth." Bush has over 50% here--but it's from a massive pool
> of 240 votes. Then, at the top right, there's something called "The
> Candidator," a frighteningly trivial "contest" between a cartoon Gush and a
> cartoon Bore. So where's the mock poll?
>
> >From: Tom Lehman <TLehman at lor.net>
> >Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> >To: "lbo-talk at lists.panix.com" <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> >Subject: Un-Scientific(Max how do you spell the theme from close encounters
> >of third kind?)
> >Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:57:44 -0400
> >
> >Ok. Here's the Time magazine website url
> >
> >http://www.time.com/time/campaign2000/
> >
> >Over 405,000 people have voted in a mock presidential poll so far on
> >this time website straw poll.. Nader is leading Gore by a margin of,
> >24% to 16% or roughly 8%. Are people who visit the Time website that
> >out of sync with the rest of America? Do more Nader voters read Time?
> >Considering the large sample this is an odd result to say the least.
> >
> >Tom Lehman
> >
>
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