OT disturbing call

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On 09/20/2011 02:12 PM, phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Why answer these questions at all? After all, your vote is secret for a
> reason.
>
> What use is this information to the people that are doing the asking?
> Perhaps it goes into a published poll, but what value is a published poll
> to the electoral process? It just fuels the herd instinct. No kidding,
> I've heard people say that they want to be part of the winning side, ie,
> vote with the majority, regardless.

The herd instinct also comes into play when people vote "strategically" 
and parties that would never have a hope of forming a government 
otherwise are surprised as anyone when they get the majority of the vote 
or they end up forming the official opposition.
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Clifford Ilkay
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