What's the point of posting poll results?

[Monty__]

One poll has Clinton up 54-38 in Texas, one has Obama 48-42 in Texas. Did they poll Clinton staffers in one poll and Obama staffers in the other?

[GodlessBiker]

1. Why? They have a good beat and you can dance to them.

[pampango]

2. Polls are so unreliable that it does serve no purpose, other than giving

whichever candidate a poll happens to favor the opportunity to beat up on the other side. The other side chooses another poll and returns the favor.

Guess we can't stop the posting of polls, but I try to hide them as fast as I can. ;)

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. What is the point of 90% of the content in GD/P?

Self-congratulation.
Aggressive stupidity.
Fanboy/Fangirldom.
Celebrity Worship.
Fawning Idiocy.
Affirmation of Know-nothingness.
Growling Self-regard.
End-zone Dance Ignorance.
Blind Boosterism.
Score Settling.
Revenge for Perceived Attacks.
Crowing.
Symbolic Exorcism of the Other.
Pretending that Sexism/Racism/Homophobia/Class Don't Exist as Social Forces.
Pretending that Everything-You-Disagree-With (tm) is and Effect of Sexism/Racism/Homophobia/Class.
Misuse of Sexism/Racism/Homophobia/Class Critique for Petty Personal Attacks.
Making Public One's Moronic Misunderstanding of Sexism/Racism/Homophobia/Class as Social Forces.
Undermining.
Flaming.
Sowing Doubt.
Rank Ageism.
Confused Optimism.
Forthright Denial.
Malicious Provocation.

AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST

Confirming the Ultimate Cool-ass Rightness of All Things alcibiades_mystery

[Monty__]

4. This is very true

nice compilation

[RiverStone]

5. Really silly that we call "bullshit" on polls we don't like...

But quote other polls with "good results" as gospel.

Human nature I guess :hi: