Popular opinion for same-gender marriage continues to tick up in the polls. A Quinnipiac survey out this morning found that 58% of NYers support the passage of a bill legalizing same-gender marriage. Only 36% are opposed to the measure. Back in April, the numbers were 56% – 38%.
Brian Ellner from the Human Rights Campaign took the news as a rallying cry for passage of a bill, saying “popular support for marriage equality keeps breaking records. Let’s get this done.”
It wasn’t all roses for same-gender marriage advocates. The poll also asked what legislative priorities were important, and only 51% felt legalizing same-gender marriage was “very” or “somewhat” important. In comparison, 82% felt that ethics reform was important, and 79% consider a property tax cap important.
(Source: Capital Tonight)
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BALONEY!
This is a biased poll, where the sampling methods and the questions were set up to get a predetermined outcome. It’s done all the time, and it has a name–“Push-Poll.”
“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics!”–William Gladstone
So when do we move?
Gladstone didn’t say that and that’s not what a push poll is. (Longer version: A push poll is when someone, usually affiliated with a political campaign, calls and asks questions that are supposed to sound like polling, but are actually meant to influence the person being asked the questions i.e. “Would you vote for candidate x if you knew he killed puppies for fun?”)
TO MOSHEEMES2: (NO. 3)
You’re right. I confused Gladstone with another British statesman–Benjamin Disraeli (one of our own yidden).
As to “Push Polls, you’re right there, also, but only in the narrowest sense. A poll that is intentionally skewed to favor a predetermined resul, wither by constructing the questions in a specially biased way, or by selecting a narrow group who favors your position, may also be regarded as a “Push Poll,” in the larger meaning of the term.
I thought Gladstone just sold fish!