So... let's see who's reading the Althouse blog:
IN THE COMMENTS: Simon writes:
Ann, I'd think that you of all people would include an option "I haven't decided" in such a poll!
Well, I was word-for-word replicating Glenn's poll. I voted in both polls assuming the election was being held today. I may or may not reveal how I voted, but you can vote on how you think I voted:
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Do not trust polls that allow you to vote twice.
We're sorry, you've already commented in this blog!
If McCain wins = voter fraud.
If Obama pulls ahead, nevermind.
Do not trust polls that allow you to vote twice.
You tried to do so?
I tried several times to revote on my poll (to test it), and couldn't.
You're kidding, right? I have voted 122 times so far.
127
You can vote more than once but it doesn't appear to count. The URL changes to
http://poll.pollcode.com/P22W_result_duplicate
IE pops up with a message that you've already voted as well. I'm sure with a little effort one could bypass that bit of security.
You people who can't vote more than once need multiple computers.
This provides fodder for another poll: Is it nuttier to vote for Ralph Nader or Bob Barr?
- Outis, proud supporter of "None of the Above"
Or a drawer full of sock puppets.
Is pollcode.com owned by Diebold? I suspect this is a beta version of their new software to steal this fall's election.
Ann, I'd think that you of all people would include an option "I haven't decided" in such a poll!
This provides fodder for another poll: Is it nuttier to vote for Ralph Nader or Bob Barr?
Now that really is a good question.
proud supporter of "None of the Above"
Works for me.
Prof. A, when I voted for how you voted, the vote was deadlocked. I conclude that half the people don't really read what you write.
Thanks Trooper, I had forgotten about that other guy.
Where's the voting booth? Oh, there it is.
Oh, poop! I got this message:
We're sorry, you've already voted in this poll!
Still Deadlocked. Apparently, the vow of cruel neutrality is still working.
I conclude that half the people don't really read what you write.
Or they know how to read what she doesn't write.
A commenter on Reynolds's poll laments:
Sure wish the Republicans had a candidate in this race.
You people who can't vote more than once need multiple computers.
Gee, I there's a whole library of computers just next door!
This provides fodder for another poll: Is it nuttier to vote for Ralph Nader or Bob Barr?
I don't see what's "nutty" about Barr. The Libertarian Party is pretty nutty, yeah, but Barr himself was a fairly ordinary Republican Congressman. I do wonder who voted for him, though. I don't remember any of the commenters here supporting him.
I picked "none of the above", myself.
I tried voting but I think I might have only dimpled my chad.
Okay, that was just a joke.
Actually, I wrote in Ross Perot.
Still pretty close to even.
I guess the neutrality part worked out, even if the cruel didn't.
It's not that I lied in the poll, it's that I don't know whether it'll be the truth come November.
Re: Voting twice (in general)
Sheesh, these days it take all the energy I have to get semi-aroused to vote once.
Reader, Is that a metaphor?
Or am I listening to Bob Herbert too much?
Jeez, is everyone gonna go all meta on me today in Althouse threads?
Really, I'm not feeling all that deep.
Thick, maybe.
Reader, Is that a metaphor?
Or am I listening to Bob Herbert too much?
Well, we know she isn't a Hillary supporter, because she doesn't have a lot of "pent up desire" to get aroused with!
Reader's pretty cool.
Ann, re: cruel neutrality
Remember: You are perceived as 50/50 neutral by a readership nearly three quarters of whom intend to vote for John McCain.
Wouldn't the better gauge of your neutrality be a neutral audience?
Depends on what you mean. If you had more Obama voters, they might think that Althouse has been unduly harsh, and therefore pro-Obama.
McCain voters might feel that she's not even considering McCain seriously, since she barely mentions him.
Assuming you could get a cruelly neutral audience, I'd guess they'd split 70/30 for Obama; that's the only thing Althouse has said about her personal leanings.
Or like me, they just wouldn't vote. I don't have any reason to think she's made up her mind, nor any reason to think she will make up her mind before November.
I probably won't either. I've indicated many times I wouldn't vote for anyone on the ballot, but when I'm confronted with the actual choice...Who knows?
Why am I suddenly hungry for chocolate cake?
"Cruel neutrality," or is the Divine Miss A one of those charismatic -- glamorous? -- demi-goddesses upon whom each of us projects our own hopes and dreams?
Do not trust polls that leave off RonPaul.
Why would the fact that most of Ann's readers favor McCain bias our guess as to who she'd vote for?
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