Sheriff's Candidate Polling...

[The Watcher]

pawn

I am probably going to regret this, but, here goes. Why in the world would it be on a financial report for a candidate unless a candidate did the poll? Are you suggesting that whomever wins the poll is suppose to report it? If someone goes and conducts a poll on their own, for whatever reason, who would they report that too? I am not even sure that a poll would fall into the category of electioneering.

good question. other then a pawn, who in their right mind would spend money on a poll?

I do a poll every day and it costs me a cup of coffee at the Tom Thumb. Its call public opinion. Seems to work most of the time....

 

[wrobert]

good question. other then a pawn, who in their right mind would spend money on a poll?

This country is great. People can spend their money on just about anything that they want. And they can do it without having to explain themselves to the rest of us. Maybe they want to be in the know. Who knows. But some can afford to do such things and believe it or not, they do.

 

[The Watcher]

Ok

This country is great. People can spend their money on just about anything that they want. And they can do it without having to explain themselves to the rest of us. Maybe they want to be in the know. Who knows. But some can afford to do such things and believe it or not, they do.

OK, I spent my money, all $1.04 worth and I still say it BS.

 

[Interested Girl]

Well lets see first things first:

Idlewind - please understand that I never stated that Atkinson was ahead of Cooper in *29. What I said was that it has traditioonaly been a hugh Johnson precinct. Cooper is very strong in 29 and every vote tken away from Johnson helps Atkinson.

Second I never said that I had the poll or that a candidate had paid for it -just the opposite - I siad that someome that that is known to frequently conduct polls had had it done. I just saw a copy and remembered some aspects of the results - some I said I did not remember.

Believe what you want. Tuesday will be here soon and it will all be settled.

 

[The Watcher]

Last You Saw

Atkinson 29 percent
Johnson 19 percent
Cooper 9 percent

margin of error 4.7 percent - 21 percent undecided

Poll completed 1 week ago

Last I saw

I have encluded what you said for your reference.

I am interested in the "Last I saw" part. Please produce the poll or the source it came from. Until then, it is BS.

 

[Interested Girl]

Well lets see first things first:

Idlewind - please understand that I never stated that Atkinson was ahead of Cooper in *29. What I said was that it has traditioonaly been a hugh Johnson precinct. Cooper is very strong in 29 and every vote tken away from Johnson helps Atkinson.

Second I never said that I had the poll or that a candidate had paid for it -just the opposite - I siad that someome that that is known to frequently conduct polls had had it done. I just saw a copy and remembered some aspects of the results - some I said I did not remember.

Believe what you want. Tuesday will be here soon and it will all be settled.

What part of that is unclear ?

 

[The Watcher]

This part

What part of that is unclear ?

The part where you fail to respond to where you saw the "poll". You say you "Saw" it, so where did you see it?

(sorry to sound so rude)...:roll:

 

[The Watcher]

My Own Poll

I did my own poll, it cost me about $15, which is equivlent to about 15 seconds of my time...

Here it is:
======================================================
De Funiak Springs, FL
Who will you vote for Sheriff in 2008 Primary

created by: Billy Bob | Thursday Aug 21

• Vote
• Results

Click on an option to vote
257 votes

• Posted in the De Funiak Springs Forum
• Hot Polls | Recent Polls
• Create a Poll in De Funiak Springs
• 

• Tony Cornman
• Tom Cooper
• Ralph Johnson
• Mike Adkinson Jr.
• Jimmy Macon
• Dennis Wise
• Richard Brown
• Won't Vote
• Undecided
• Wait until General Election

Tom Cooper110
42%
Mike Adkinson Jr.60
23%
Tony Cornman41
15%
Ralph Johnson18
7%
Won't Vote8
3%
Wait until General Election7
2%
Jimmy Macon4
1%
Dennis Wise4
1%
Undecided3
1%
Richard Brown2
0%
Current Total257





Right now, my poll holds more water then yours, I produced it. You have yet to provide any realistic impression of what can even be considered a poll.

Mine was done by Billy Bob and it has not be edited in any way. You see, it is all a matter of perspective. (note, this is mostly N. End Voters, as per Billy Bob).

b seeing u,

w;-)

 

[Seeker1]

My reasons to follow

I dont follow polls. I may read them but I dont let them influence my decision either way when it comes to such an important thing as my one vote. You can get just about any result you want depending on how a poll was taken, who conducted it and what party conducted or requested it.
I have gone directly to the candidates in this sheriff race and listened to each and every one. Then I listened to them as they spoke to me one on one about my concerns and their concerns.
I weighed all the elements we look for in a constitutional leader. The result was that I learned that education without character is valueless.

I have concluded in my opinion I would support and vote for the one person that stood out as
A TRUE VOICE FOR THE FUTURE...NOT AN ECHO FROM THE PAST....
TOM COOPER.

 

[drivingthru]

Dont mean to rain on your parade, but here is a poll result for you, may be fake may not but looks to me like its too close to call sportsfans. Does anyone have a red flag to throw for the replay?

Customer/ 0708004
Poll date/ 27 - 29 July 2008
Location/ Walton County, Florida
Grouping/ 400
Focus/ Sheriff election, Primary, August 26 2008, Walton County, Florida
Margin/ +/- 0.6 percentile
Discussion/ Poll consisted of 343 of 400 telephone responses in the 850 area
targeting the prefix 231, 267, 622, 835, 859, 892, 951. All respondents were infomed the responses are for data collection and will not effect the outcome of the targeted election, nor will any numbers be offered for solicitaion. All telephone numbers were randomly chosen via a GDR 125 type 2 line selection program pBX intergration based on the pre determined criteria. Only those respondents sucessfully completing the poll were calculated in final result. A non response to the question deemed that respondent void in the calculation.
Question/ 1. will you vote on August 26, 2008 in the Walton County Primary? 2. Did you vote in the 2004 Primary? 3. By name only, which candidate would you select for Sheriff in this survey today/ Adkinson, M., Brown, R., Cooper, T., Cornman T., Johnson, R., Macon, J., Wise, D.
Summary/ Adkinson 23% 78.6 Brown 7% 24.0 Cooper 25% 85.7 Cornman 21% 72.0 Johnson 13% 44.5 Macon 6% 20.5 Wise 5% 17.1