Author Topic: CNN Gun Control Poll (Read 689 times)

El Peludo · « **on:** May 09, 2004, 09:12:42 PM »

The anti- gun press is at it again. Here is a link to the article and a poll that is attached.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/05/09/gun.control.rally.ap/index.html

Shorty · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2004, 02:58:56 PM »

1/4 for lifting the assault weapons ban, 3/4 for extension. But, then, how many people know exactly what they are voting for?

7.62mmFMJ · « **Reply #2 on:** May 17, 2004, 12:18:16 PM »

Should the federal ban on assault weapons be...
Lifted


31%
66051 votes
Extended

69%

147196 votes
Total: 213247 votes

I have heard that it is rigged. Although I would expect these type of numbers from watchers of CNN.

dukkillr · « **Reply #3 on:** May 17, 2004, 12:45:50 PM »

just out of curiosity, where would one turn to for an accurate count of the general public's opinion on the assault weapon ban? it wouldn't surprise me if the numbers quoted here are an accurate reflection of public opinion.

paladyn · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2004, 05:40:35 AM »

I'm told CNN might sometimes falsify their polls. I wouldn't accuse them, but most of the media is anti-gun, so it certainly would not surprise me.

Mikey · « **Reply #5 on:** May 18, 2004, 10:25:27 AM »

Folks: the first rule of media polls is never to believe them. The study methodology is most often either faulty or skewed to their particular perspective, which makes the results invalid.

For example: they might say - we polled 100 people of mixed political following and got the following results......... However, the methodology they used was to poll 1000 people until they got the 100 answers they wanted to prove their point.

Rule number 2: There are lies and there are damn lies.

Rule number 3: statisitics lie and when used by the media, are damn lies.

Hope this helps clarify things. Mikey.

Lee Garton · « **Reply #6 on:** May 23, 2004, 12:22:16 AM »

Your right on mikey, How meany polls are even taken for real. Or is it just some one saying they had a poll about some thing they wanted ever one to belive in. As for the media, Or alot of the media any way . They wouldn't know the trueth if it bet them in the a-- . They only put in what they think well seal paper's or what the democrat's wan't the peopel to belive is the trueth as they see it. And alot of peopel really belive in polls . It's like they can't think at all for them self's about what's going on in this country.

williamlayton · « **Reply #7 on:** May 23, 2004, 01:43:11 AM »

:-D :grin:

:oops: --Now if we took a pole HERE on the factuality of the CNN poles we would call them damn liars, right. But would not our poll be stilted as it was not representative of the general populace?
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