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Old 04-06-2009 | 07:07 AM
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Default RE: Pa license increase

Heres the link to the entire poll:

http://www.outdoortimes.com/pollmentor/pollmentorhist.asp

and a couple of the questions with their responses

Would you be in favor of a hunting license increase if it would include a second spring turkey tag with the license instead of buying the "special second spring gobbler tag"? ( Total votes:157 )





Yes
(21.7 %)
34 votes

No
(72.0 %)
113 votes

Doesn't matter
(6.4 %)
10 votes

[align=center]Total votes: 157 [/align]
Now a second related question to that question.........
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[align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center]Do you plan to buy the new $21 special wild turkey license to bag a second spring gobbler next year? ( Total votes:75 )[/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align]



Yes
(6.7 %)
5 votes

No
(85.3 %)
64 votes

Undecided
(8.0 %)
6 votes

[align=center]Total votes: 75
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The question that corny claims shows a 72% majority against an increase clearly is worded in a way that indicates that a general increase would be intended primarily to allow that 6.7% who want to hunt a second turkey could do so without paying an extra fee


Now here's the question where the license increase is an worded as an uncluttered unbiased yes or no question .......

Currently introduced legislation would increase the cost of your General Hunting License 3 times in the next 7 years to help fund the PGC budget. Year 1 it would go up $5 and then $5 in year 4 and another $5 in year 7. Would you support these increases? ( Total votes:59 )




NO
(35.6 %)
21 votes


YES
(64.4 %)
38 votes


[align=center]Total votes: 59 [/align]


Notable also is that this poll is one where the partcipant can answer one, two or all of the questions and that questions get added over time. The last one shown here was far down the list because it was added long after the first two. Corny also makes an issue of the number of participants in each. If he could view a subject objectively, he would recognize that a question that has been available for a shorter time would naturally have fewer responses.

Most importantly, this demonstrates once again that the wording poll questions can often have a very strong influence on the outcome. The questioner can easily skew the results. Any fair minded personshould be able to see that.
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