Comment 50143

By synxer (registered) | Posted October 22, 2010 at 10:30:44

I think polls game human intellect. No one wants to be stupid, so often people may view the results and vote based on the majority.

Poll options are also almost always aimed at enticing an emotional response over an educated one.

For example,

What type of transit system should Hamilton build?

a) A LRT system which will cost taxpayers 3x the cost of BRT

b) A BRT system using state-of-the-art hybrid models

For the uninformed reader, this is an easy choice. For the informed reader, it's a massacre of misinformation. The uninformed reader will chose what looks intelligent and so will everyone else.

Instead, perhaps a column-stack of the candidates, like this: http://synxer.com/poll-from-the-future.p...

Comment edited by synxer on 2010-10-22 09:31:16

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