Votes of no consequence

Above are the results of recent online polls on the websites of Aljazeera and Time magazine.

The the outcome of the first is unsurprising; the second strikes me as more than a bit curious.

Are Time readers actually more pessimistic about democracy's future in Iraq than the fans of Aljazeera?

At any rate, the results prompt a poll of my own.

UPDATE: Baghdad Dweller is curious about this Time poll too. (The numerous comments to the post are heartening, however, and well worth a read.)