Can mock polls/text votes be trusted?

[surikbots]

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Several mock polls showed that Gibo Teodoro is catching up. Mock polls are unscientific. Do you trust them?

[boom_box]

one word.. "Kwarta" rana para sa mga telco companies...

[surikbots]

Gibo are using text votes to project that their candidate is catching up. In that sense, mock polls cannot be trusted.

[matits]

maybe because he is catching up . mock polls dont matter. final elections do! gooo GIBO!

[personalmgt]

Text votes do not have markings of an indelible ink.

[rockrhyan1982]

no matter what..il still go for GIBO.

[jrconde]

just a small survey anyway. it will not dictate the outcome of 2010 elections.

[NapoleonBlownapart]

Several mock polls showed that Gibo Teodoro is catching up. Mock polls are unscientific. Do you trust them?

No I don't trust mock polls and even surveys..

[cool_guy]

sometimes it will

[kobmat]

Several mock polls showed that Gibo Teodoro is catching up. Mock polls are unscientific. Do you trust them?

I think you should not take these mock polls seriously as these are not representative of the whole voting population since these surveys tend to be skewed towards a certain demographic.

But i do think that it can sometimes signify the trend to come the next scientific survey. You can see from these polls how their momentum is. Take for example, Gibo last time i think was below 10% but on these mock surveys we are seeing him with higher numbers, so with that im expecting Gibo % share of the votes to rise in the next survey. Noynoy on the other hand got more than 60% on the last survey, that number is pretty high and given the number of choices for this election and the other candidates gearing up for the campaign, i doubt he will be able to hold that number steady, i think his share will have to go down a number of points.

I guess we will have to see on the next scientific survey...