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Originally Posted by Less
This is where I can see you and I falling out, the Poll which you started invited an opinion, seven, that is the number seven, people voted in favour, it doesn't ask from where.
That is still less than the 80%of the total Poll for, some of those against aren't paying, some of them are from afar, it is an opinion, in future if you do a Poll keep it anonymous or I won't vote, none of this segregation was mentioned in the rules.
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Fall out with me if you will. I certainly won't lose any sleep about it..
The poll is open to anyone, true.
It provides a number of statistics and information which can be gleamed from those facts.
We can look at the over all figures, which show a vast majority voted no.
Similarly we can see how the people who'll directly fund the planned civic events have voted. Which again was against the propsals, in an equally decisive majority of no voters.
It is an open poll.
Though I, and others, questioned the motives of some, who recently received a virtual thrashing for example. When they'd posted that Accrington's streets are more violent than anywhere else in the country, and on the evidence of a dog being stabbed, were glad they'd fled north of the border.
Call it intuition, but I fear some might be just trying to swing the vote because of spite. There are some petty souls.
Statistics are there to be used. As evidenced by the phrase popularised by Mark Twain about 'Lies, damned lies, and statistics.
I've already pointed out that the no voters cover the political spectrum, as well making note of geographical location.
From ardent royalist, staunch republicans, self-proclaimed anarchists, and the many moderates in between, they've said no. All of which proof was provided by evidence in this open poll.
If I feel the need to use this proof to illustrate that this small cross-section of Hyndburn residents don't want local taxes spent on royal wedding celebrations in the borough, I will continue to do so. Until it's pointed out that it's against forum rules.
I might now work out if hair colour, and height have any sway on how people have voted.