tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post8901401615883428613..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Research indicates Dion is rubber, Harper is glueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-49074288485540371542007-06-06T11:23:00.000-04:002007-06-06T11:23:00.000-04:00Yeah, it would be nice if that result meant anythi...Yeah, it would be nice if that result meant anything, but it doesn't. You can't ask people whether their opinions of a person changed, because the question is clouded with issues of whether or not they think their opinion of that person should have changed. Plus, people just don't know their opinions.<BR/><BR/>You have to get at that data obliquely, and in a way that is more representative of something you actually want to know, such as "If an election were held today, what party would you vote for?"<BR/><BR/>Those polls always see the target of attack ads going down in popularity, which is a more important and more realistic measure of what they do.<BR/><BR/>What I don't understand is why Harper would go with attack ads now, when their effects are typically short-term.Gauntlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061438876627317881noreply@blogger.com