tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post7669018672477466694..comments2024-03-29T03:41:12.499+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Opinion Polling In 2019: More Art Than Science?Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-82137301588256523782019-06-17T17:23:59.556+12:002019-06-17T17:23:59.556+12:00As both of our main Social Democratic political ...As both of our main Social Democratic political parties are fair, humane and respect election results, we need not get too upset about what opinion polls can reliably predict or not -<br /><br />because in the long term financial prudence and responsibility will prevail over excessive speculation and welfare consumption on credit - for which there is no capacity or willingness to keep up an adequate repayment rate -<br /><br />or civilization will descend to a lower level of average consumption or perhaps collapse altogether ? <br /> Jens Mederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17304734497662325275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-81649934806536639202019-06-16T13:27:03.710+12:002019-06-16T13:27:03.710+12:00Polls are also misused as a defacto democracy, as ...Polls are also misused as a defacto democracy, as when Nigel Latta says: 89% want to live in a multicultural society. <br />..........<br />The poll shows 62 percent of voters want tighter restrictions on immigration, while only 35 percent say leave it.<br /><br />David-Cunliffe-blames-migrants-for-housing-crisis<br />and<br />Only a third of New Zealanders feel immigration levels are too high, according to a Herald-DigiPoll survey, while a majority feel the flow of migrants into the country is "about right".<br />https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11287953<br />..........<br />Time for direct democracyJohn Hurleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-13551950108925120572019-06-16T13:22:43.890+12:002019-06-16T13:22:43.890+12:00One of the problems must be that it's largely ...One of the problems must be that it's largely us old people that still have landlines. Mind you, it's also us old people that vote. But even I've been tempted to give up the landline given that it really only gets used for people to ring me up and try to sell me stuff. I can't remember a time when I was actually rung by a friend on it come to think of it. In the last dozen calls have all been from "Microsoft" about a problem with my computer, or "Spark" about a problem with my computer. In fact I hung up on one of them the other day in disgust, and he rang me straight back and told me off for doing it. :) I used to waste their time by pretending to want to know what they were talking about but failing to understand, but it's too much of a job these days and I can't be arsed – life's too short.Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-3201478881018324122019-06-16T11:03:42.123+12:002019-06-16T11:03:42.123+12:00WE are none the wiser.WE are none the wiser.peteswriteplacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474922953916383101noreply@blogger.com