Opinion polls distort peoples' free choice

BJP thinks that coward feels unsecured to participate in opinion polls.
According to me, the question of bravery and cowardness has nothing to do with polls.

They call cowards to political parties who are opposing such polls and now latest time now poll who is always partisan issued its poll survey and there are some parties can now smile on these results.

Don't forget that the poll agencies are paid agencies. The poll verdict will be in accordance with the diktats of the party or individual that hired the agency.

It seems one political party is hiring all pollsters, and the result is inclined to one political party then why the other major political party is not doing the same?

Other political parties are doing the same. Its an open secret. One of the political leader said that these cooked up opinion polls are aimed to demoralise their opponents.

Friends don't you think these are all new ways of harassing general public. Now I really don't find any interest in votes, polls, elections, politics, etc.

This is nothing to do with democracy, and Indian voting patterns as with it democracy could rise again to its optimum capacity. One should not lose interest in democracy as it is by far the greatest asset of democratic institutions.

This is nothing to do with democracy, and Indian voting patterns as with it democracy could rise again to its optimum capacity. One should not lose interest in democracy as it is by far the greatest asset of democratic institutions.

Yes with that hope only, Indians are living ever since India has become independent.

I do not think people are such idiots not to know all these tricks. Why people are influenced from it, is there any such index and research to prove it. Opinion polls are not new in India and why this time there is so much ho halla in the political sphere?

I do not think people are such idiots not to know all these tricks. Why people are influenced from it, is there any such index and research to prove it. Opinion polls are not new in India and why this time there is so much ho halla in the political sphere?

Halla about the present opinion polls is due to the reason that they were proved to be mere cooked up data as dictated by concerned hiring political party or the organisation. And these opinion polls are mere fiction and they are far from truth.

As far as the validity of the polls are concerned I feel that it does have some becuae it is conducted with the opinion taken from a random selection of ten thousand people .The error margin is normally 1 -2 %.....I remember seeing a similar such poll when Karnataka went into polls last year and the predictions were bang on, they had said that BJP would lose and Congress would win and thats what happened. Congress did not have any issues with the opinion polls then....However, I personally feel that any opinion poll can influence the voter to a certain extent especially those who are not sure ..

Political parties are giving too much importance to electronic media, as they should indulge themselves in grass root level work and other functions.

Political parties are giving too much importance to electronic media, as they should indulge themselves in grass root level work and other functions.

Some political parties have no 'grass roots' (party workers). They will contest only on TV publicity and rallies and field candidates who can contribute more to party funds. They will also get financial support from industrialists, smugglers, mafia.

EC has ordered not to announce exit and opinion polls from Nov. 11 to Dec 4 of all polling days. :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: