Upoc’s community speaks out on President of Iran's Speech at Columbia University

 

 

At Upoc, we conduct a weekly poll of opted-in poll takers. During most weeks, the poll centers on some aspect of pop culture.  

Here is the poll question as it went out to approximately 350,000 mobile users:

 

Our typical response rate is in the mid-single digits. While this is not a strict scientific poll, it has enough responders and a broad enough cross-section of demographic groups to give some valid indication of the pulse of the American public.

 

 

A similar poll was published in the New York Daily News. In that poll of approximately 2,000 New Yorkers, 57% approved of Columbia University’s decision and 43% thought it was wrong.

 

 

The Upoc demographic tends to have an average age in the late 20s/early 30s, with almost an equal male/female split. All races, religions, geographic regions and political leanings are represented. 

 

We have chat groups from all major religions. We have left- and right-oriented politics, as well all the varieties of sexual orientation. We have social networking in English, Spanish, French, Italian and several other languages.

 

So, the community does skew toward a younger demographic, and thus under-represents the 40+ population. With all that in mind, here are the results:

 

The Upoc community is basically evenly split between thinking that permitting the speech was a mistake, or “okay,” with a similar percentage undecided or not caring.

 

 

 

The purpose of the poll was not to make any particular political statement, but to show the value of mobile polling in rapidly reaching a diverse audience and getting results back quickly and efficiently. The whole effort required five minutes of one customer service representative's time.

 

 

As far as the interpretation of the results, I leave that to you, and other political pundits!