>Rubbish.
>If 13% vote in favour of something, then 13% are in favour, and if 12%
>vote against then 12% are against.
>To assume that all those who did not express an opinion were uniformly
>against is a massive logical error, perhaps well illustrated by saying
>"no, you are wrong, if only 12% vote against the measure than 88% are
>in favour - since surely if somebody is against something one can rely
>upon him to get out of bed and vote against it".
Don't dispute the logic you put forward one bit but if the object of the
poll is to get a view on how many people want to say 'yes' to something then
there is an argument against that logic. 51% of people who voted, voted yes
for Welsh 'devolution' but only 13% who were eligible to vote, voted yes. If
the object of the poll is to find out how many of the eligible voters wanted
devolution then the answer is 13%, surely.
Graham
"If you get their heads out of the sand don't forget to get them to brush
the sand out of their eyes! Awareness DOESN'T equal understanding."
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