[lit-ideas] Re: interaction of polls and public opinion
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:16:32 -0000
and re following fashion; the 1993 Shy Tories apart, usually in
post-election recall polls, more people report voting for the
winning party than did
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From: "Ursula Stange" <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: interaction of polls and public opinion
> I thought it was a really good example. Unfortunately, it's no
> different than following fashion trends. When you first see
something
> ridiculous, you think to yourself that you wouldn't be caught
dead in
> it, but as it becomes more familiar, it becomes more familiar.
And
> pretty soon, you're fingering it at the store and considering
which
> colour you'd prefer. (See the story of those ugly rubber
clogs -- which
> I may yet look for.)
>
> John's analysis is explanatory here as well. Not everyone
will come
> 'round. Whether something catches on, then, depends on a
whole lot of
> factors about the 'audience': their age, their experience,
their
> general intelligence, their independence, their closeness,
their
> religious affiliation, their sense of community, their level of
> education, usw. Sometimes there's a critical mass. Sometimes
not.
>
> One wonders about pivotal events...the Russian Revolution for
> instance. Could it (would it) have been successful if Lenin
had tried
> it ten years earlier? Or ten years later? The revolutions of
1848
> were successful in parts of Europe...but not in England...why?
Wrong
> time? Wrong place? Wrong audience?
>
> Ursula (now thinking about Nathaniel Hawthorne's story about
the Great
> Stone Face....didn't it fall apart recently?)
>
>
>
> Judith Evans wrote:
>
> >Eric wrote:
> >
> >
> >>and it gives you increasing permission to adopt what was once
a true minority opinion. Convert to Islam? Maybe it won't be too
wretched.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >interesting you should invent that particular example, Eric.
> >
> >
>
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