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Why is banning opinion polls the wrong thing to do? Because it deprives voters of a valuable kind of information, and to the extent that voters have to decide on their vote with information deliberately denied, it impairs the democratic process.
The government will no doubt argue that that is not how voters are SUPPOSED to decide their vote; voters should judge candidates on their merits and not bother with how others might vote. This is paternalistic rubbish again. It is not for the government to tell us how we should go about making up our minds. If Dolly Yip wants to vote for Samson Howe because Samson reminds her of her old beau (regardless of his empty manifesto), so be it.
- http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/opinion-polls-–-an-asset-to-the-democratic-process/
The government will no doubt argue that that is not how voters are SUPPOSED to decide their vote; voters should judge candidates on their merits and not bother with how others might vote. This is paternalistic rubbish again. It is not for the government to tell us how we should go about making up our minds. If Dolly Yip wants to vote for Samson Howe because Samson reminds her of her old beau (regardless of his empty manifesto), so be it.
- http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/opinion-polls-–-an-asset-to-the-democratic-process/
