A recent poll conducted by www.polls_matter.gov has showed that 98% of those who participate in online polls respond to internet polling adverts. The remaining 2% forgot to fill the relevant section in.
A simultaneous offline poll, staffed exclusively by postgraduates who couldn't make it as 'chuggers' (charity muggers), clarified that 72/73 of those who stop in the street to talk to someone with a clipboard are likely to either be unemployed, students or students who aspire to be unemployed. Unsurprisingly, 100% favour government subsidies for alcoholic miniatures, poorly-organised ski trips and daytime TV.
One victim of the offline poll remarked that "Deal or No Deal desperately needs an overhaul", citing Noel Edmunds' shirts as the reason they had been forced to leave the house that day.
99.7%, an alarmingly high and mathematically improbably percentage given the number of participants, said that they were wary of inaccuracies in data produced by polls but stood steadfastly behind the principle that other people found their views interesting, even if it was totally anonymised and the opinions provided were defined to multiple choice. Of those who found themselves interesting, 50% considered their Facebook profile to be the best showcase of their talents, whereas 51% claimed Twitter made them look most interesting.
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