ROLE OF OPINION POLLS AS KENYA HEADS TO ELECTION

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The research companies most so those dealing with opinions e.g ipsos and infotrack have served as good employers to many people in the country. At the same time,the opinion polls examiners stand the risk of possibly creating unnecessary tention in the country.
Basically Opinion is just what someone feels about something, not his final decision on a subject matter.
To the best of my knowledge, the polls are conducted using afew people as experiment and use the result to make a final judgment about who or what party is popular amongst the people.However,the polls should be questioned based on the following grounds;
1.Nothing proves and supports the fact that the experimental persons are registered voters, they just give opinions.
2.A larger percentage of the masses are not interrogated, the polls are just approximations.
3.The latest polls conducted by infotrack just majored on the majority of those interviewed or questioned.
4.The polls on NASA'S preffred flag bearer may be nallified by NASA in the next few days.
5.The credibility of the opinion polls is not guaranteed as there are possibilities of the polls being manipulated to fit a peoples interests.
Its therefore high time Kenyans view the polls as basically opinion and with no significant effect on the outcome of the forthcoming election.
Let's not allow the opinion polls to cause any form of excitement or tention ahead of the election.Let us instead focus on the policies and ideas of various aspirants and make informed decisions come August.


Comments

  1. Kelvin11 March 2017 at 23:14

    Well, to conduct a research, you don't need to interrogate everyone. A sample chosen randomly can significantly show the general feeling of the population!

    But true thing, it should not excite or raise any tension among us.

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