Ceist Beag
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Were the 0.05% endowed with "mature recollection"Last night and this morning the headlines seem to be all about the latest MRBI poll. This poll is based on a survey of 1000 people around the country ... so roughly a snapshot of 0.05% of the total who voted in the last election! So why on earth are RTE and the media acting as if this poll is in anyway representative of the view of the electorate? Surely such a small percentage of the voters can't be taken as having any real representation of the views of the people?
Well if I felt that they were making important but unpopular cuts then I would hope that they would ignore the polls. Everyone talks about making tough cuts but the bigger the cuts (which they have to be with the budget shortfall we have) the bigger the falls in the polls.The government will keep giving the line about making unpopular choices for the good of the country. This will last for today and maybe tomorrow. Then they will ignore it and it will go away.
Well if I felt that they were making important but unpopular cuts then I would hope that they would ignore the polls.
I don't agree. It's pretty easy to paint cuts in education, health and welfare (80% of the budget) into "hurting the vulnerable" and that's what the opposition and media will do, and public opinion will follow quickly behind.If they were making important but unpopular cuts then they wouldn't have to ignore the polls, the polls would be in their favour.
If the country is going to be goverened by openion polls and vested interests then it is doomed.
It is already being governed by one of them....
And of course, Governments act in this way, because voters vote in this way.Exactly. Governments dont do necessarily whats right or best for the country, normally whats most popular!
And of course, Governments act in this way, because voters vote in this way.
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