EDL March: The EDP polls the city

On Tuesday October 16 the Eastern Daily Press website ran an article on the planned EDL march in Norwich and negative reactions to the prospect from Norwich church leaders. The article was accompanied by the following poll:

The yeas have it. Some EDL sympathisers, such as "dave123" and "turnover" in the article's comments box, have taken this to mean widespread support in Norwich for the EDL:

Ooh dear Sarah Bailey! Look at the vote??? Time for you and your one sided views to get back in the box! The people want this visit so enjoy the day!

I think that from the overwhelming vote of 82%. The EDL is most welcome in Norwich.

This is not necessarily the case. I do not like the EDL but I voted "yes" because I believe that they have the right to march.

As an aside, I got a laugh out of this comment from "turnover":

It seems strange that the only way the "Yes" vote is going is down yet the "No" vote is going up. I always thougth that when you reached a total of 100% from the YesNo that was the vote complete. I seems the EEN have other ideas of being Impartial (see if this gets posted unlike the last comment)

The poor fellow seems to have a shaky idea as to how votes are counted in polls: they are always at a combined total of 100%!