On a day they climbed to fifth in the CHL poll, the Amerians lost a 5-2 game to Chilliwack. By looking at the teams and records in the poll, it may not hurt them too much. No. 1 ranked Calgary lost to Kelowna on Wednesday. We'll see if the mighty fall. You never know what the panel of NHL scouts will do next.
1, Calgary Hitmen
2, Drummondville Voltigeurs
3, Windsor Spitfires
4, Kitchener Rangers
5, Tri-City Americans
6, Gatineau Olympiques
7, Saint John Sea Dogs
8, London Knights
9, Vancouver Giants
10, Mississauga St. Michael's Majors
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is leading Mitt Romney in the South Carolina Republican primary.
Fast focus: No use
Fast focus: No use
I am absolutely not swayed by polls, though they are interesting. I feel they are being used by the media to steer our vote. I can't actually figure out what the good of these polls are.
-- Patrick Corrigan, Kennewick
Fast focus: Shortsighted
Fast focus: Shortsighted
Not a bit. They are obviously useless when the front-runner changes every week or when one gaffe or one forgotten item changes the entire poll results around. Most polls are just the media chasing its own tail, trying to drag some news of nothing.
-- R. Theron Cammer, Pasco
Fast focus: Voters need to think
Fast focus: Voters need to think
Short answer? Of course not.
There is no logical reason for the results of a political poll to be used as a basis for altering a person's views. As far as I can tell, polls are used to discern general opinion; polls aren't meant to determine fitness for office, constitutionality of laws (bills, initiatives, or amendments), nor one's political views.
Anyone who casts a vote based on whether a poll suggests the majority of other voters are likely to vote a certain way shouldn't involve themselves in the election process.
Fast focus: Polls are manipulated
Fast focus: Polls are manipulated
No. Polls come and go quickly and like statistics are regularly manipulated by campaigns that prefer to see things differently than the numbers might otherwise suggest.
-- Paul Franzmann, Walla Walla
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