Comments on: “Oxendine Hovers Right Near the 50% Mark” — Oxendine Lead Reaffirms Frontrunner Status http://www.120politics.com/2009/07/%e2%80%9coxendine-hovers-right-near-the-50-mark%e2%80%9d-oxendine-lead-reaffirms-frontrunner-status/ Objectively Partisan from Marietta To Roswell Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:52:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: 120politics http://www.120politics.com/2009/07/%e2%80%9coxendine-hovers-right-near-the-50-mark%e2%80%9d-oxendine-lead-reaffirms-frontrunner-status/comment-page-1/#comment-30 120politics Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:05:27 +0000 http://www.120politics.com/?p=473#comment-30 Publishing political press releases from all candidates is about as objective as it gets. If you want your opinion heard, create your own blog. Publishing political press releases from all candidates is about as objective as it gets. If you want your opinion heard, create your own blog.

]]> By: Jim Gilvin http://www.120politics.com/2009/07/%e2%80%9coxendine-hovers-right-near-the-50-mark%e2%80%9d-oxendine-lead-reaffirms-frontrunner-status/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Jim Gilvin Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:08:48 +0000 http://www.120politics.com/?p=473#comment-29 A few comments about this article: 1) Any poll conducted by a public relations firm is immediately suspect. One must know who paid the bill to determine the credibility, otherwise it is worthless for public consumption. 2) Any pr/pollster that asserts 38% "hovers right near 50%" needs to stop by their local Kumon for a math refresher course. 3) The poll is of likely voters (Dems & Repubs) but Mr. Oxendine won't be running against Republicans in a general election. Clearly many of the Democrats polled will actually vote for a Democrat when given the choice. Since the demographic breakdown isn't given I'll bet a bucket of pride that Mr. Oxendine polled far better among Democrats than Republicans. 4) This piece is lame propaganda and I am disappointed because I would like to see a good, objective website about our local political scene. A few comments about this article:

1) Any poll conducted by a public relations firm is immediately suspect. One must know who paid the bill to determine the credibility, otherwise it is worthless for public consumption.
2) Any pr/pollster that asserts 38% "hovers right near 50%" needs to stop by their local Kumon for a math refresher course.
3) The poll is of likely voters (Dems & Repubs) but Mr. Oxendine won't be running against Republicans in a general election. Clearly many of the Democrats polled will actually vote for a Democrat when given the choice. Since the demographic breakdown isn't given I'll bet a bucket of pride that Mr. Oxendine polled far better among Democrats than Republicans.
4) This piece is lame propaganda and I am disappointed because I would like to see a good, objective website about our local political scene.

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