majorities

[Doug Henwood]

I finally rejoined the American Association for Public Opinion 
Research after letting my membership lapse for a year or two. This 
gem was just posted to their listserv by the holder of an endowed 
chair at a major school of journalism. Commenting on the risks of 
early release of exit poll data influencing voters who haven't yet 
cast their ballots, this distinguished professor observed:


>If you want to jump on the winner's bandwagon, that's good,
>because democracy needs consensus and those willing to go along with the
>majority just because it is a majority should be encouraged.

Doug