Reply #13: Exactly [View All]

[Senjutsu]

Stuffing online polls may be juvenille and stupid, but these polls, despite their lack of any statistical meaning, are often shown on TV and remarked upon by the talking heads (or otherwise viewed by people when the poll isn't associated with an MSNBC or CNN show or what have you). Even with the "This post is not scientific..." disclaimer a remark like "Gee, it seems like there's a lot of Bush supporters voting..." is enough to implant a Pro-Bush meme or otherwise shape the way casual observers view things.

So yeah, freeping and defreeping is pointless in theory, since these polls mean squat on a scientific basis, but the fact remains a lot of people give them at least some credence, and controlling (or just keeping the freepers from controlling) the results of them allows us to shape the discourse in a positive sense towards democratic candidates/ideas.