Ha! Of course, Mess, it's my poll so I get to play with the data!

The no comment thing and the idea of using just numbers to reply had to do with getting more people to respond...so these comments are fine here but what I did not want to happen was for people not to reply because they thought this poll was just another excuse to say nasty things to each other.

For example, the Poll Post has been read about 80 times but look how few responses we have in comparison. I mean we could say some people have read it more than once but I would guess about 30 or 40 people have read it and said nothing.

I just thought not posting comments would make more people feel comfortable giving their thoughts. Using just number ratings eliminates the hassle of actually writing out all sorts of opinions and thoughts and does not open anybody up to getting bashed for what they say.

This will have nothing to do with figuring who might win, who people will vote for, or what somebody's political IQ is...hell we could be rating our favorite ice cream...it was meant first and foremost to be easy and I hoped to get a lot of people to respond.

We are only getting limited response so far based on number of responses and number of times it's been read.

I thought/hoped people would be comfortable doing this. Hopefully we'll see some more responses and more than just those of the usual suspects.

It's free, it's easy, it's fun (sort of), and I'll give thoughts on it when I think it's reached a point where we just aren't going to get any more responses. And I have a few more polls in mind if this one works well.

Come on lurkers! I'm rooting for you folks to kick in!