Fun with Online Polls

NOW is a program of investigative journalism and probing interviews on PBS. For a lot of years, it was Bill Moyers' baby. I guess you would say it leans to the left politically, except that I'm not sure why accurate, in-depth journalism should be considered left-leaning.

Anyway, NOW is doing this poll, asking viewers if they believe Sarah Palin is ready to be Vice President.

A link to the poll was forwarded to me along with a note about how the Republican Party has launched a successful "all-out blitz" to get the right to vote "yes" in order to win some sort of PR victory. At the time the email was written, Palin was at 62% "yes."

You never know how legitimate these internet conspiracy things are, so rather than follow the link in the email, I went to the NOW homepage myself and found the poll on my own. Turns out it has the same URL as the link in the email. So I voted in the poll, and the left's response appears to be working somewhat: at the time of my writing this she's only 52% "yes" to 46% "no."

Feel free to go help ruin a PBS poll if you like. It's fun and easy!

Meanwhile, another NOW poll has Obama leading McCain 90% to 9% on the topic of who's better qualified to handle the current economic crisis. Why doesn't the Republican Party give a shit about that one?