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Lawler, Voters Disenfranchised By Inaccurate Poll
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| Last Edited | RBH Sep 18, 2009 01:32pm |
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| News Date | Friday, September 18, 2009 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Memphis Mayoral candidate Jerry Lawler has been disenfranchised by a recent poll. A WREG-TV News Channel 3/Commercial Appeal Mason-Dixon Poll shows Mr. Lawler polling at just 2%. The poll was conducted over a two-day period and was a sample of just 400 "likely voters".
Upon news of the polling data, Mr. Lawler commented:
"I've been out working hard, campaigning, talking to the hard-working citizens of Memphis. I've talked to well over 400 people myself. And what I hear and what I see out there in the community is anything but what this new poll shows.
How can a poll be accurate when only sampling 400 "likely" voters? How can 400 people represent the complete 700,000 citizens of our city? You can't predict and speak for 700,000 people by taking a sample of less than 1/1000th%!
That says to me, that News Channel 3 and the Commercial Appeal have decided to disenfranchise the other 690,000+ citizens of our city. They have decided who they want to win and will force this notion and this misconception on its viewers and readers in an attempt to manipulate the voting in just four weeks. It's just more of the same tired, political games that have plagued our city." |
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