J-Street's polls are designed to elicit the answers they want
J-Street is trumpeting a poll that, they say, shows that American Jews agree with their politics. A short examination of their methodology shows that the poll itself was designed to generate the answers that the J-Streeters are looking for. Since the poll shows pretty convincingly that most American Jews do not follow Israel closely, it means that the interviewees are especially prone to manipulation since they do not have strong views on the topic. In this case, J-Street first presents a statement that sounds reasonable to an little-informed subject:
A person without strong opinions will hear that statement and will generally agree as it sounds reasonable. The question itself is a form of education for the person polled. Now that the subject already has committed himself to the first statement, he will be reticent to change his mind so quickly when hearing the second, "other" statement. I can guarantee you that if the two questions were reversed, switching "some" with "others," the results would be reversed as well. It is also telling that J-Street doesn't bother finding out what Jews who are care the most about Israel feel. They rely on the ignorant, apathetic Jewish majority for their support. Which means that they rely on Jews they can manipulate. |
Elder of Ziyon: J-Street's polls are designed to elicit the answers they want
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