In order to see the results you must vote, so everyone will vote just to see the results. If only because of that the results are very unlikely to faithfully reflect the so-called reality.

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This type of polling
is pretty dumb.
In order to see the results you must vote, so everyone will vote just to see the results. If only because of that the results are very unlikely to faithfully reflect the so-called reality.
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Good point. I think anyone should be allowed to see polls' results whether vote or not.