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Since lastnight, I’ve been interested in hearing your thoughts…

Now I say all this being a relative novice compared to you all in NYC politics…

The one thing the Russo, Zinberg, and Murphy campaigns all said was that they didn’t have enough money to afford polling. Now with everyone of us seeming to think those races would be decided by a few points, they ended up losing 10 pts, 30pts, and 30pts respectively, do you think more emphasis and a real effort should have been made on polling?

I’m also saying this with no idea on how much it would actually cost. What I’m getting at is maybe sometime in August/September if they could have done just a basic poll to get a feel for how deep the water actually was than they would have been much more prepared for the home stretch. Intstead of spending money on all this extra campaign literature that most people throw in the garbage, maybe they could have gotten a clue where it would be more effective to hand out the already printed literature?? What does everyone think here??????

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Rick Brownell
November 9th, 2005 at 5:56 pm

Interesting point you bring up on polling. I’ve always held a twisted fascination for polls, mainly because we all say they don’t mean anything, yet everyone, and I do mean everyone, follows them.

Generally you don’t see polling in local races because small campaigns like the ones you’re referring to can’t afford to do them. Properly executed polls cost a fair chunk of change, and then you have to have someone who can read the results and interpret a plan of action based on them.

I honestly can’t say why our city council candidates went down in defeat as they did. I am frustrated and a bit beside myself regarding last night. But I don’t think that polling would have honestly told them something about their districts or their races that they didn’t already know.