# Poll Please. Topic not given in title to better sample people.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-please-topic-not-given-in-title-to-better-sample-people/501521>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 30, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-please-topic-not-given-in-title-to-better-sample-people/501521 "2009-06-30T22:32:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-please-topic-not-given-in-title-to-better-sample-people/501521/221 "2009-07-05T17:46:27Z")

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> [@Tamex](#):
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> How long is this going on until we get to know what the point is? Just curious…

It’s so we know what sort of a percentage on this board have dealt with drunk driving on a personal level other than a job like EMT. It’s a topic that can get hot on this board, yet we have no real idea if it’s a rare occurrence or not. The point of taking days sampling is the data sample is larger. As soon as we start discussing the topic, it becomes another discussion and not a data gathering thread.

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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-please-topic-not-given-in-title-to-better-sample-people/501521/222 "2009-07-06T04:40:59Z")

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1. No
2. My uncle was killed by a drunk driver. I never met him, so I guess technically that’s a no.
3. No.
4. No.

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-please-topic-not-given-in-title-to-better-sample-people/501521/223 "2009-07-06T12:54:42Z")

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I’m going to have this poll closed. Don’t expect the results to be tallied up soon. I can’t finish this right now. The results will be up one day.

Thanks for taking the poll.

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-please-topic-not-given-in-title-to-better-sample-people/501521/224 "2009-07-06T13:22:53Z")

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Closed at the request of the OP.

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