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Entry: Decoding the Iowa Poll Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/decoding_the_iowa_poll#3402 Post contents: Just an addition to my previous post. As much as the idea of the general stupidity of the general populace (which I mentioned in another post) is false and damaging, so is the speculative approach to voting. A lot of people are attempting to foresee what candidate will stand a "real chance" of winning. Then they plan on voting on the "lesser of several evils". The British economist Keynes likened this flock behaviour to how judges in a beauty contest react. Each judge speaculates about what beauty candidate would be favoured by the rest of the judges. The result is that not the candidate who is considered the most beautiful by each judge wins, but the candidate which most judges THINK that the others will vote for. That's a good description of what the mainstream media's main business is. To get into our heads and to make us believe that almost EVERYONE ELSE thinks in a certain way, which may, or may not, have anything to do with real world facts. I've heard from Eastern Europeans that many were surprised that so many of their own people were against Communism. In fact, it turned out that the only true believers were a a hard core of a few hundred persons. In some countries much fewer than that. Then there were several thousands opportunists, who would have believed in anything as long as it was profitable to them. Further on, the huge majority which just resignated and went along with what they thought was the mainstream. On the other end of the bell curve it looked the same. Mildly disgruntleds and a very small core of anti-communist enthusiasts. As soon as we realise that the emperor has no clothes we'll be able to base our votes and choices on what we see and understand ourselves, and not on what som voodoo priests disguised as journalists and professors "interpret" for us. Go to the candidate's debates, listen to them, and ask yourself, what doeas my heart tell me? Follow your heart and don't worry about "wasting" your vote. It doesn't matter if your candidate wins or loses. What matters is that you cast your vote honestly and that you sincerely did your best effort to make an informed decision. Sent at: 2008 07 06