tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post2037493716589565164..comments2024-03-12T21:56:22.907-05:00Comments on El Salvador Perspectives: Three weeks to goTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452039674856298357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-85845004524796013002009-02-23T15:26:00.000-06:002009-02-23T15:26:00.000-06:00Tim, CS-Sondea is a polling company owned by Mauri...Tim, CS-Sondea is a polling company owned by Mauricio Funes and his campaign manager Hato Hasbun. In fact, the so-called "Greenberg" poll from last December and which gave a huge advantage to the FMLN was actually an interpretation of a poll carried out by CS-Sondea.<BR/><BR/>Now, this doesn't mean that it's results are slanted. In fact, in the past election they quite right. The problem was not with their poll results, the problem was with the interpretation given by Greenberg, which took the "undecided" vote and distributed among the participating parties giving the FMLN an advantage.<BR/><BR/>It's not true, as the "Larry" says in the first comment that "undecided" means "not voting". In fact, polls in El Salvador limit their numbers to those who declare that they are in fact going to vote. Therefore, the so-called "undecided" are those voters who declare their intention to vote but have not made up their minds yet. Traditionally, 80 per cent of those have represented a conservative vote. If you apply that pattern to the CS-Sondea polls from December, you'll see that they guessed the outcome exactly right. The question is: Will the FMLN be able to break that pattern and bring more voters out for the next campaign. Otherwise, it looks as if the conservative block within the "undecided" will give Avila a clear win.Jorge Ávaloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08173574715366250550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-28875482369434802642009-02-22T20:38:00.000-06:002009-02-22T20:38:00.000-06:00all salvadoran civil society should take conscienc...all salvadoran civil society should take conscience and organize a massive rally to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with el diario de hoy...i have never in my life read such yellow, partisan, ideologically surrendered journal...it goes totally the opposite way to what real, true, authentic journalism is all about. it should not be censored nor punished in any way, but the general public, free of partisan intention, should unanimously and indefinitely boycott it. it is the best, pacific way to show dissaproval and hold them accountable to morality, and professional standards of ethic. i say never again purchase a print out of el diario de hoy nor ever again take it seriously as a trust worthy news provider. thank goodness i am not muslim, if not i would already have declared jihad on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-91199096089718882612009-02-22T11:06:00.000-06:002009-02-22T11:06:00.000-06:00In Salvadoran polls "undecided" usually means "not...In Salvadoran polls "undecided" usually means "not voting." In that case, 30% is relatively low.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com