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kentuck

(111,056 posts)
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 06:25 PM Sep 2014

Will we see a new poll just before election showing a large majority of American are against....

the ongoing war and the bombings in Syria?

I would not be surprised. Since they came out with a poll last week showing 60 some percent of the people supporting the President's plan to bomb ISIS.

The next poll will show 60 some percent against the President's plan to bomb ISIS. Isn't that the way these polls are supposed to work??

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Will we see a new poll just before election showing a large majority of American are against.... (Original Post) kentuck Sep 2014 OP
nope VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #1
Polls aren't supposed to " Work " they're supposed to tell.... orpupilofnature57 Sep 2014 #2
If that is the case...? kentuck Sep 2014 #4
I agree with both, especially no solution to a descion about war . orpupilofnature57 Sep 2014 #5
I doubt it very much sadoldgirl Sep 2014 #3

kentuck

(111,056 posts)
4. If that is the case...?
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 06:46 PM
Sep 2014

Why is it that two or three weeks ago, a large majority were against bombing Syria? Only after they were shown the "beheadings" did they change their positions. What's to say they want change again in two or three weeks? Polls are spontaneous - not given to long, thought out solutions. Of course, decisions of war should never be undertaken from a poll.

sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts)
3. I doubt it very much
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 06:46 PM
Sep 2014

The fear mongering has been too successful for that. And I take it as a given that more gruesome videos will come out again. The MSM will be delighted to play them, and many Americans see our country as the savior of the world, rightly or wrongly.

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