Dec 6, 2007 18:43
16 yrs ago
English term
Alisson
Poll and Mock
Non-PRO
English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
Elections
I was doing some research about the 2008 presidential elections, and I found Mock and Poll results.
I'd like to know what's the difference between poll and mock in this case.
I'd like to know what's the difference between poll and mock in this case.
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| 2 +3 | My thought |
jccantrell
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| 4 | real polling and a partial / checking poll |
malligajm
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jccantrell
United States
United States
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English
United States
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
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My thought
I always viewed polling as just asking someone who they would vote for, either before the election or just after they left the voting place.
A mock election is where you take some homogeneous body, say, a group of high-school civics students, have them give speeches in favor of their candidate and then have the class vote for the chosen person.
A mock election is where you take some homogeneous body, say, a group of high-school civics students, have them give speeches in favor of their candidate and then have the class vote for the chosen person.
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real polling and a partial / checking poll
poll especially in this context means polling during the proper election. sometimes to predict the result, a random number of people who represent different crieteria - income groups, racial backgrounds, jobs, etc - a sample population will be asked to cast their vote in a pretend election. the result of this elction is supposed to give a good ideal about the mood swings and possible outcome of the election.
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