Real ID Article & Poll on AOL

[Lloyd Danforth]

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/states-challenge-national-drivers/20070204125809990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

[Rochelle]

Wow--47% are in favor of it? Though I guess considering the population segment (people who use AOL) this is not to be unexpected.

[eques]

So far:

"What do you think about the national standard for driver's licenses?"

47% agree
40% disagree
13% are unsure

Do people really understand what is being asked--what all goes into the RealID morass?

[error]

No, people really don't understand it, and to a great extent, don't care. This is how liberty is lost.

[AlanM]

No, people really don't understand it, and to a great extent, don't care. This is how liberty is lost.

Precisely. Or their fear of crime causes them to not think straight.

[slim]

The wording of the question will change the results I am shocked that the percentages as they are right now. 40% disagree is really high in my eyes. With the wording they used I really would have thought that the percentage of disagree would be 20% or less.

[Otosan]

What do you think about the national standard for driver's licenses?
I favor it 46%
I oppose it 40%
Not sure 13%
Total Votes: 106,906
Note on Poll Results 

Damn!  Just Damn!

[Atlas]

What do you think about the national standard for driver's licenses?
I favor it 46%
I oppose it 40%
Not sure 13%
Total Votes: 106,906
Note on Poll Results 

Damn!  Just Damn!

Perfect example of why democracies suck

[aries]

Just remember this isnt a scientific poll in any way shape or form

[Tyler Stearns]

Polls like that suffer from about every form of statistical bias imaginable.  Just to name one: voluntary response bias, or the respondents are not randomized and only people motivated to answer actual do so.

[error]

And then there's the "AOL user" bias, where most of the people who see the poll are stupid AOL users.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Well, I, might, have   seven accounts here on AOL, with seven different people using them, each with their own email and plenty of space to support stuff like my Ebay images.  All for 25 bucks.  And none of them have called me an asshole.

[error]

Well, I, might, have   seven accounts here on AOL, with seven different people using them, each with their own email and plenty of space to support stuff like my Ebay images.  All for 25 bucks.  And none of them have called me an asshole.

Yes, but do you actually get your email? You probably don't.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Just like everyone else, I guess I get all my mail

[lildog]

So far:

"What do you think about the national standard for driver's licenses?"

47% agree
40% disagree
13% are unsure

Do people really understand what is being asked--what all goes into the RealID morass?

Polls by their very nature are flawed in that how you ask the question will produce very different results.

Asking people what they think of a "national standard for driver's licenses" will get a much more favorable result then asking them what they think of "a national ID card".

Democrats have become the masters of this.  Just look at the "for the children" argument tied to nearly everything they do because after all who would go against children.  Heck, on NHInsider in the discussions to my article about the ban on trans fat the state rep up put up the bill to ban it from ALL restaurants actually tried to argue back to me that he's doing this because school cafeterias sever food with trans fat.   ???