Should political election survey results be banned from going public?

[digitalron]

Another survey has Gibo leading this time:

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...bCategoryId=67

Funny. Different surveys, different results. Oh well....

[shadow]

^not really, it's a fly by night survey firm, nasaan yun iba nilang survey though the years? nasaan sila yun mga past elections or the least last election?

it's a political gimmick for the tailenders, para ma discredit yun result ng dalawang leading survey firms (SWS and Pulse Asia).

[digitalron]

Perhaps. That's why any entity conducting election-related surveys and publishing the results for public consumption should be required to disclose their methods and the people commissioning said surveys.

To reiterate, I do not want surveys or the publication of their results banned. I just want full disclosure. I'm with Altis6453 on this one.

[kanamu]

http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/...w-surveys.html

TWO top survey firms – Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations – are packed with relatives of Sen. Noynoy Aquino, casting doubt on the credibility of the surveys conducted by the two agencies.

[daimengrui]

As long as there will be an established watch dog to determine if the surveys are indeed scientific and not rigged. Filipinos still vote for their preference, only a few are "strategic" voters, (those who vote according to trends).

I for one is a combination of strategic/conscience voter. I usually have 2-3 preference for president but decide later based on what I see and hear in the media and surveys. Bandwagon effect is really part of the campaign dynamics, you can never really count that out.

My top 3 choices for President are as follows Aquino, Teodoro and Gordon. But since the imminent risk/threat of another Erap or worse Villar presidency is very likely, I'd sacrifice conscience vote to favor Strategic vote.

Aquino is my strategic vote
Gibo is my conscience vote
Gordon if I only use my mind and analyze the credentials

In the end, the right to information is universal and absolute. Surveys are information too. How you use or interpret it is another thing.

[tidus1203]

MANILA, Philippines—A Quezon City court has denied Bagumbayan standard-bearer Sen. Richard Gordon’s petition for a temporary restraining order against two polling firms conducting pre-election surveys.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakin...-polling-firms

As usual another FAIL! for Gordon...

[tidus1203]

By the way, this shows the SWS and Pulse surveys have been dead accurate as far as the results of the survey and the partial results we are getting from TV right now as being read by Comelec at the PICC in Pasay...

[shadow]

+1000, meron pa kayang mag question ng result nila next time?

[chua_riwap]

^^ Si Gordon..........

[tabularasa]

Nagtataka nga ako dun sa exit polls nung supporter ni Gordon-Bayani, yung kulelat pa rin ang nangunguna. Fantasy world yata! Hahaha