[Campaigns-l] Polls created by the people

[Chad Lupkes]

Hi Michael,

It makes perfect sense!  An open source polling system, where people can
submit their own questions is similar to a few other websites out there.
Vote.com is one example.  Demochoice.org is another.  Quite a few of the
blog generating software packages have polls available, and many sites use
them.  An example is DailyKos.

Wikia actually does have a poll function available, but it's in the early
stages of development.  Anyone can vote, signed in or not.  We tried using
it in late 2006, and it caused people to stop coming by to contribute.

The problem with poll systems like the one you are describing is that the
results would not be viable for publication.  I've taken statistics and
polling classes, and there are methods that the professional polling
agencies use to make their results meaningful.  Those scientific methods
make the polls cost so much money that only professional groups can afford
to do them.  Maybe they could be done for less expense, but I haven't seen
anyone take up the challenge.  Wikia would need much more revenue from the
political sites before they could seriously look at doing it.

We can create poll questions in the forums, and then advertise them to our
friends and promote them to the general community.  I would encourage that.
It might be a way to get Campaigns.Wikia back on track with some
participation.

Chad Lupkes
Campaigns.Wikia.com

On Nov 4, 2007 6:18 AM, Michael B. Zippel <mibezi at msn.com> wrote:

>  Hallo all,
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>       I hardly speak English, so I will try my best.
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> Here is a world changing idea for politics. After searching in the
> Craigslist (self controlled) I had the idea, why not
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> create a community that's creating there own poll questions controlled by
> the people and not a professional pollster.
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> This would include links to voting record of politician and links to
> articles about the issues.
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> Each submitted poll will have to be censored and approved by a certain
> amount of people in the community and be limited to one vote
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> per e-mail account of members or other means. That would get people
> involved and give the parties an idea what we really want.
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> That starts with local politics to worldwide open info for everyone. I am
> thick of TV News and there tainted opinions.
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> A people created pollster will give power back to the people. Big
> undertaking but so was Wiki.
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> This is my idea hope I make sense.
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> Michael B. Zippel
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