I'm in UK so it shouldn't matter to me but it does of course. The thing is people lie. They don't mean to but if a pollster rings you up (never has me) and says are you going to vote for X who is promising to bring back capital punishment,shame and stigma for single mothers,no hand outs for impecunious people and cheap alcohol nobody says YESS!!! that sounds heavenly to me. They know that even in the mind of one anonymous,to them,person they would come across as a complete asshole,even worse if they're in the audience of a tv debate or out on the street approached by a vox pop. Everybody SAYS the virtuous option,oh I'm going to vote for the high tax social equality candidate. It sounds good,nice,and honourable. And they don't. Ha ha.
Agreed. People get embarrassed to say what they think. There is a name for that based on a famous historical political voting incident, right? Can’t remember what it is.
Additionally - there is voter fraud to contend with.
I’m not in the US either, but I do think these elections are so hugely influential for the whole of the West and Liberal Democracy.
I’d be voting with protecting the first amendment as my priority.
Our electoral map prediction turned out exactly correct.
I'm in UK so it shouldn't matter to me but it does of course. The thing is people lie. They don't mean to but if a pollster rings you up (never has me) and says are you going to vote for X who is promising to bring back capital punishment,shame and stigma for single mothers,no hand outs for impecunious people and cheap alcohol nobody says YESS!!! that sounds heavenly to me. They know that even in the mind of one anonymous,to them,person they would come across as a complete asshole,even worse if they're in the audience of a tv debate or out on the street approached by a vox pop. Everybody SAYS the virtuous option,oh I'm going to vote for the high tax social equality candidate. It sounds good,nice,and honourable. And they don't. Ha ha.
Agreed. People get embarrassed to say what they think. There is a name for that based on a famous historical political voting incident, right? Can’t remember what it is.
Additionally - there is voter fraud to contend with.
I’m not in the US either, but I do think these elections are so hugely influential for the whole of the West and Liberal Democracy.
I’d be voting with protecting the first amendment as my priority.