Labour voters are political dimwits...

[Titanic]

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Why is this news?

 

[GT49er]

You did notice that those stats apply to Essex................

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Ah, but Green and LibDem voters are the cleverest

 

[ManOfSussex]

Last poll I saw was neck-and-neck or perhaps rather it's just dumb-and-dumber.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Also, why it doesn't necessarily have any bearing on intelligence per se, the more educated you are, the less likely you are to vote conservative

 

[NooBHA]

And pray tell how this calculation has been made ?

The figures displayed have as much credence as if a 3 year old had coloured in the graph

 

[Bold Seagull]

Also, why it doesn't necessarily have any bearing on intelligence per se, the more educated you are, the less likely you are to vote conservative

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[MENTION=36]Titanic[/MENTION] and [MENTION=33253]JC Footy Genius[/MENTION] can most definitely testify to those statistics...

 

[JC Footy Genius]

[MENTION=36]Titanic[/MENTION] and [MENTION=33253]JC Footy Genius[/MENTION] can most definitely testify to those statistics...

Saucer of milk for [MENTION=16159]Bold Seagull[/MENTION]

 

[NooBHA]

Also, why it doesn't necessarily have any bearing on intelligence per se, the more educated you are, the less likely you are to vote conservative

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And pray tell how this calculation has been made ?

The figures displayed have as much credence as if a 3 year old had coloured in the graph


Don't say I am not fair when it comes to my scepticism on such polls

 

[Live by the sea]

Fairly obvious. No one with more than 2 brain cells would vote for a Marxist and terrorist sympathiser to be leader of the once respected Labour Party. Except marxists, socialists, communists and Islamists and silly naive lefty idealistic students oh and the workshy

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

And pray tell how this calculation has been made ?

The figures displayed have as much credence as if a 3 year old had coloured in the graph


Don't say I am not fair when it comes to my scepticism on such polls

well, its a poll by YouGov in advance of the last general election what would you like me to get for you?

 

[Badger]

Last poll I saw was neck-and-neck or perhaps rather it's just dumb-and-dumber.

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If there was a 5th option of "I have no idea who I'll vote for, all the options are terrible at the moment" I think that would win a substantial majority.

 

[cheshunt seagull]

I'd be interested to know how you measure political knowledge. Awareness of institutions and procedures? awareness of policies? knowledge of ideologies? Maybe if I need someone to distill the essentials of dialectical materialism or the works of Ayn Rand I should head for Chelmsford.

 

[NooBHA]

well, its a poll by YouGov in advance of the last general election what would you like me to get for you?

The heading on the poll says '' had a greater level of political knowledge ''.

It is almost impossible to measure someone's political knowledge. - You could be an ''A+ Economics Student but still not even know the names of more that 4 or 5 politicians.

So what would make someone politically knowledgeable?

Winning Pointless TV Quiz because you got a pointless answer on a question about Prime Ministers OR you knew no Prime Ministers but were a pure whizz on how Capitalism affects the Economics or Governments and finances around the globe ?

 

[SUIYHP]

I'd be interested to know how you measure political knowledge. Awareness of institutions and procedures? awareness of policies? knowledge of ideologies? Maybe if I need someone to distill the essentials of dialectical materialism or the works of Ayn Rand I should head for Chelmsford.

I think you are looking too much into what is just confirmation bias, but I agree. 'Political knowledge' means nothing without a definition, and I don't like its implication that someone who might not be interested in politics is stupid.

 

[neilbard]

 

[Baldseagull]

And pray tell how this calculation has been made ?

The figures displayed have as much credence as if a 3 year old had coloured in the graph


Don't say I am not fair when it comes to my scepticism on such polls

If you cant work it out you probably vote conservative.

 

[NooBHA]

If you cant work it out you probably vote conservative.

I most certainly DO NOT

 

[Machiavelli]

And pray tell how this calculation has been made ?

The figures displayed have as much credence as if a 3 year old had coloured in the graph


Don't say I am not fair when it comes to my scepticism on such polls

Oh, this one is a tad easier to answer. Pollsters get underlings to ring up, visit or have some other form of communication with members of the electorate. They ask them various questions -- in this instance, who are you voting (or who did you vote) for, and what is your highest qualification -- and then they collate the responses. How the other one is produced is more contentious.