10.17.12
Polling the Heevahavas: More ‘research’ needed
The stupid voter or non-voter on election day, called the “undecided voter,” by pollsters:
Undecided “Walmart moms” in Milwaukee, Wis., gave the presidential debate win to President Obama by a narrow margin – but they’re not sold yet.
In a bipartisan focus group conducted by Public Opinion Strategies and Momentum Analysis and sponsored by Walmart, a group of undecided female voters were asked to vote for who they thought won the second presidential debate. Five women in the group said Obama, three said Mitt Romney, and two said they thought it was tie.
Overall, though, most of these women said they remain undecided. They said they feel as though it’s time to do some more research …
The women agreed on a series of points.
First, the debate made them want to do more research on the candidates. “I need to research some of these facts,” one skeptical sounding woman said. “Anybody can spout out numbers,” said another woman.
“Research,” my ass. Who talks that way in real life? No one you can stand. I guaran-damn-tee that if you’re chatting with someone and they mumble about needing to do “more research” your opinion of them drops and you’ve started thinking about where to go to get a couple slices of pizza.
Americans don’t know shit about “research.” And the idea that more of it would need to be done now exposes only a small pack of fools jerking around a pollster/interviewer because they can.
Scientists and doctors do research. Random Americans are often time-wasters who spout ill-considered rot on the spur of the moment. There’s a big difference.