Saturday, April 23, 2011

Current Al-Jazeera (Arabic) Online Poll



This brand new poll asks:

Do you see the protests in Syria ending through political dialog?

With over 600 responding so far, 72% said no.

Note:

Keep an eye on this poll. The early results, such as now, present the true picture. This is because the early sample is truly random.

After the Syrian regime and its supporters find out about a poll, they swamp the poll and change the results in their favor.

This happened last week in a poll about whether the Syrian "reforms" would put an end to the protests. Early results indicated that 83% did not believe in the "reforms." However, after the regime discovered the poll, very large numbers started voting in the opposite direction (supporting the "reforms"). In the end, only about 60% (instead of 83%) said no, the "reforms" would not end the protests. Of course the events vindicated those who saw the "reforms" as a sham and voted no.

I expect the same thing happening with this poll, so keep an eye.

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