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Tag: Skewed Polls

Allegan County No RTW?

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Tue Aug 09, 2011 at 09:45:35 AM EST
Tags: Right-To-Work, Michigan, FTW, Allegan County, Polls, Democrat Underground, Skewed Polls (all tags)

Nah. Skewed responses by external sources damages credibility.

At first glance, one might think Allegan county newspaper readers have no interest in Freedom to Work (Right To Work) as the Allegan county news poll shows a decided 76% against tally. An editorial appears the same day with editor Ryan Lewis speaking of one of the commissioners, District 9's Bill Sage:

"Now, I know Mr. Sage to be a proud patriot and I'm glad he's a man of his convictions, but I think he demeans the meaning of freedom and patriotism when he uses it in this context.
This isn't a new tactic; political rhetoric has always had this character. But let's not use capital-F Freedom to in the trenches of the ongoing power struggle between businesses and their employees."

The editorial writer unlike those in my neck of the woods, at least uses his real name. But he is mistaken when he assumes it is not a freedom issue, and "demean" in this context, is as meaningless as its descriptive.

The real news however, is the poll which appears subsequent to that editorial, might be used to persuade Allegan county commissioners that the county citizens do not want them to support a resolution of support.

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