Comments on: Tracking candidate popularity by MySpace friend numbers http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/28/tracking-candidate-popularity-by-myspace-friend-numbers/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/28/tracking-candidate-popularity-by-myspace-friend-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Cyde Weys Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:59:45 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/28/tracking-candidate-popularity-by-myspace-friend-numbers/#comment-335 I’m not sure about all of that, but you do have a good point about people not being likely to vote (which is very unfortunate). I haven’t missed an election yet, and I don’t ever foresee myself missing one, but some of my friends, who are also 21, have never even voted.

]]> By: Doug Bell http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/28/tracking-candidate-popularity-by-myspace-friend-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Doug Bell Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:12:42 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/28/tracking-candidate-popularity-by-myspace-friend-numbers/#comment-333 You didn’t consider:

4. People that spend a great deal of time on MySpace my not be well informed or likely to vote, and well-informed people likely to vote may not spend a great deal of time on MySpace, so the results may represent a meaningless sampling of views.

Just a thought… :-)

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