Actually, they then weight your answer as part of the 35 percent Republicans and take someone else as part of the 65 percent Democrats.
So you get only half a point that they need to count.
Same here... it was middle of last week. They'd ask a question with multiple parts and I'd argue that the question could contain contrary answers, and therefore invalid.
They never poll me, maybe that's because I always lie.
sounds painful :)
You must be an anomaly. I get poll calls so much I've started telling them I'm a convicted felon and can't vote.
I have been attempted poll repeatedly. I always tell the to go "f" themselves and hang up.
I know where they are headed and quite frankly I don't want them to be able to generate accurate results. Then when the actual election result shows them to be full of s&!t, I am happier that I didn't participate.
Also, if they are getting accurate poll results then it also shows them the issues they need to hammer on to sway the election to the democRATS.
If I do answer I answer with things opposite of what I really think.
"Do you think that Bush is responsible for the situation in Iraq?"
Seems like a poor 'Yes/No' question for a poll trully designed to elicit information, which it probably wasn't.
The answer could be "Yes, the situation would be much worse if Bush had not taken action to oust Saddam."
Tell 'em to wait until the polls close Nov 7 and we'll all find out at the same time. What a concept.
I hate phone solicitations so much, I'd probably hang up regardless.
I have sometimes felt guilty about this, because maybe I could make a poll look better if I took the trouble to answer. But from what I see in the media and what you say, I think most of these are push polls, anyway. And I wouldn't put it past them to simply ignore or rule out any answers they don't like.
In other words, it's no longer possible to trust the pollsters.
Yeah, that's legit.
By the way, when pollsters call me, I poll THEM
1. Are you employed to poll on behalf of any particular candidate or political party?
2. Do you know what "push polling" is?
3. Did your mother have any children that lived?
The real polls are called "elections."
I was polled by CBS News about 2 months ago, and I felt the same way, the questions needed more than a yes or no. But I did get to use "Islamofascist" and could hear the sneer in his tone when I told him I was an evangelical Christian. Even if I wasn't, I would've told him I was.
This thread title sounds like a porno flick.
Gallup called me last week. I thought I'd gotten my chance.
Turned out it was a poll of which phone book I use and how often! The guy laughed and said, yeah, a lot of people are disappointed when they find that out after hearing the word "Gallup".
1. Do you think the war in Iraq is failing?
2. Where do you get your opinion on the state of the war in Iraq? a) Newspapers b) TV News c) Comedy Shows
3. Do you believe our policies in Iraq, and the war on terror in general, should be based upon polls?
I was polled three times for the mayor's race in the city of cincinnati. Trouble is, I don't live within 15 miles of the city limits.
Also, I have now been polled twice for the Second Congressional District (once in the primary, Schmidt vs, McEwen and once in the general, Schmidt vs Wulsin). Trouble is, I don't live there either.
They're getting closer: I'm only 10 miles from that border.
Can't wait to be polled on the Kentucky 4 race. (I live in Ohio.)
That sounds like a classic push poll question to me...