POLL - who are you planning on voting for? THIS POLL IS NOW CLOSED.

**justakiwi** · 21-09-2023, 06:18 PM

Agreed. but it is proving to be quite interesting.

Originally Posted by BlackPeter

That's a different question, though.

It is blatantly obvious that the sharetrader crowd is not representative for the general NZ population. No matter how good our poll might be (and at the moment it is not) - the best we might be able to do is predicting the polling behaviour of the average sharetrader member.

Nothing in this poll will be able to predict the outcome of the general election.

**thegreatestben** · 21-09-2023, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by justakiwi

Actually, that's not a dumb idea, although people might not want to bother voting every week. Good idea though.

Thanks... I think?

**fungus pudding** · 21-09-2023, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by BlackPeter

That's a different question, though.

It is blatantly obvious that the sharetrader crowd is not representative for the general NZ population. No matter how good our poll might be (and at the moment it is not) - the best we might be able to do is predicting the polling behaviour of the average sharetrader member.

Nothing in this poll will be able to predict the outcome of the general election.

Of course not. I don't know how many follow this site, but it must be a lot more than the 41 who participate in this vote.

**thegreatestben** · 21-09-2023, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by fungus pudding

Of course not. I don't know how many follow this site, but it must be a lot more than the 41 who participate in this vote.

If you haven't seen it before, at the bottom of the main page and you are viewing the site on a non-mobile device you can see some stats around volumes.

https://www.sharetrader.co.nz/forum.php

**Panda-NZ-** · 21-09-2023, 06:55 PM

This site looks like it was designed in the 1990's (with regular downtimes to match).

Even facebook polls are more scientific.

**justakiwi** · 21-09-2023, 07:12 PM

We work with what we have. I set it up for a bit of light entertainment, and to get an idea (for my own interest) how others here are planning on voting. It is not intended to be an accurate reflection of how the general population will vote. But it is presenting a good enough indication of how some ST posters will vote.

If you don’t want to participate you don’t have to. Likewise, if it is not “scientific” enough for you, feel free to scroll on.

Originally Posted by Panda-NZ-

This site looks like it was designed in the 1990's (with regular downtimes to match).

Even facebook polls are more scientific.

**iceman** · 21-09-2023, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by Azz

Polls such as these should really have an option to be chosen at poll creation to allow people to change their vote before a stated deadline. But I don't know how they work on this site.

I don't agree. A poll is a snapshot at a particular time. I'd rather see another one started closer to the election to see if there was any significant change as we get nearer to the election.

**nztx** · 21-09-2023, 07:34 PM

The Poll on here probably gives an idea of all those who give a continental

What happens in the hinterlands of South Auckland .. unless the KFC buckets are flying in ?

**Azz** · 21-09-2023, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by iceman

I don't agree. A poll is a snapshot at a particular time. I'd rather see another one started closer to the election to see if there was any significant change as we get nearer to the election.

It's really to fix mistakes. Most polls in other software allow it.