Hi Michael,<br><br>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. <a href="http://Vote.com">Vote.com</a> is one example.
<a href="http://Demochoice.org">Demochoice.org</a> is another. Quite a few of the blog generating software packages have polls available, and many sites use them. An example is DailyKos.<br><br>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.
<br><br>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.
<br><br>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.
<br><br>Chad Lupkes<br><a href="http://Campaigns.Wikia.com">Campaigns.Wikia.com</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 4, 2007 6:18 AM, Michael B. Zippel <<a href="mailto:mibezi@msn.com">mibezi@msn.com</a>> wrote:
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<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Hallo all,</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> I hardly speak English, so I
will try my best.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Here is a world changing idea for politics. After searching in
the Craigslist (self controlled) I had the idea, why not</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">create a community that's creating there own poll
questions controlled by the people and not a professional pollster.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">This would include links to voting record of politician and
links to articles about the issues.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">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</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">per e-mail account of members or other means. That would get
people involved and give the parties an idea what we really want.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">That starts with local politics to worldwide open info for
everyone. I am thick of TV News and there tainted opinions.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">A people created pollster will give power back to the
people. Big undertaking but so was Wiki.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">This is my idea hope I make sense.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Michael B. Zippel </span></font></p>
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