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7/11 coffee poll

Posted in: frontpage, politics and current events by DeadlyPixels on October 13, 2008

Well, I guess politics has become so popular that 7/11 has decided to make a set of coffee cups representing each candidate: red for McCain and blue for Obama.

It appears that Obama is leading is this survey, upping McCain by 18%

7/11 did this in both 2000 and 2004 and was within 1% of the national vote.

Is this an accurate foretelling of one of the most important elections of my generation, or do people like their coffee black?

Take a peek at the electoral map here: Linkified - Dave

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7 Comments »

  1. The problem here is that the more coverage it gets, the more people want to be a part of it. I read about this in the newspaper awhile back, and since then I’ve heard dozens of people at school talking about how they “need to buy coffee so Obama will beat Bush!”

    I’m not saying that their prediction won’t come true; only that the more people hear about it, the more bias is introduced.

    Comment by famicommander — October 13, 2008 @ 6:17 pm

  2. It may or may not be biased, some people might genuinely pick who they voted or will vote for, it’s just a fun little thing they try, its not a do or die thing.

    Comment by DeadlyPixels — October 13, 2008 @ 6:21 pm

  3. Changes made, thanks for the input Jason.

    Comment by DeadlyPixels — October 13, 2008 @ 6:23 pm

  4. It certainly is interesting.

    Comment by famicommander — October 13, 2008 @ 6:24 pm

  5. Thanks, I sorta made this just to see how the interface works (Its kinda obvious that I didn’t get it the first time.)

    I think I might have fun with this, Dave is a genius.

    Comment by DeadlyPixels — October 13, 2008 @ 6:26 pm

  6. The only poll that counts is the one in November. I don’t see how an accurate “prediction” can be made from less than the entirety of the population.

    Comment by FoxhoundFox — October 13, 2008 @ 6:30 pm

  7. I don’t know either, but somehow it worked out the other 2 times they did it.

    Maybe they hired a magician?

    Comment by DeadlyPixels — October 13, 2008 @ 6:38 pm

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