1. Report pol.is/7yhactmdme
Overview
Pol.is is a real-time survey system that helps identify the different
ways a large group of people think about a divisive or complicated
topic. Here’s a basic breakdown of some terms you’ll need to know
in order to understand this report.
Participants: These are the people who participated in the
conversation by voting and commenting. Based on how they voted,
each participant is sorted into an opinion group.
Comments: Participants may submit comments for other
participants to vote on. Comment are assigned a number in the
order they’re submitted.
Opinion groups: Groups are made of participants who voted
similarly to each other, and differently from the other groups.
This pol.is conversation was run by . The topic was '
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1,667
people voted
71,483
votes were cast
432
people submitted
comments
557
comments were
submitted
How divisive was the conversation?
Comments (here as little circles) to the left were voted on the same
way—either everyone agreed or everyone disagreed. Comments to
the right were divisive—participants were split between agreement
and disagreement.
How to use this: Hover to see the comment text. Start on the far
right to find out what the most divisive statement was.
#27.
Consensus comments Divisive comments
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2. Here's what most people agreed with.
60% or more of all participants voted one way or the other,
regardless of whether large amounts of certain minority opinion
groups voted the other way.
% Agreed % Disagreed % Passed % Didn't vote
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Opinion Groups
Across 1667 total participants, opinion groups emerged. There are
two factors that define an opinion group. First, each opinion group
is made up of a number of participants who tended to vote
similarly on multiple comments. Second, each group of
participants who voted similarly will have also voted distinctly
differently from other groups.
Group A: 106 participants
Comments which make this group unique, by their votes:
288
7
113
19
5
Group B: 1059 participants
Comments which make this group unique, by their votes:
409
386
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COMMENT A 106 B 1059 C 238 D 264Group:
COMMENT A 106 B 1059 C 238 D 264Group:
COMMENT A 106 B 1059 C 238 D 264Group:
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Group C: 238 participants
Comments which make this group unique, by their votes:
7
11
13
12
8
Group D: 264 participants
Comments which make this group unique, by their votes:
13
12
11
20
21
Areas of uncertainty
Across all 1667 participants, there was uncertainty about the
following comments. Greater than 30% of participants who saw
these comments 'passed'.
Areas of uncertainty can provide avenues to educate and open
dialogue with your community.
498
392 3
COMMENT A 106 B 1059 C 238 D 264Group:
COMMENT A 106 B 1059 C 238 D 264Group:
COMMENT A 106 B 1059 C 238 D 264Group:
Graph
Which comments were voted on similarly? How do participants
relate to each other?
4. All comments
In this graph, comments are positioned more closely to comments
which were voted on similarly. Participants, in turn, are positioned
more closely to comments on which they agreed, and further from
statements on which they disagreed. This means participants who
voted similarly are closer together.
Click a comment, identified by its number, to explore regions of the graph.
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5. Group votes across all comments, excluding those comments which
were moderated out.
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COMMENT A 106 B 1059 C 238 D 264Group: