Like I said in post #31, push polling has gone on for a long time -- and in EVERY significant race.
Nothing distinct here.
In fact, a lot of push polling thru the years has been done door to door. The difference is now is phone systems and databases have become more sophisticated, allowing more homes to be called.
It's a simple survey. And yes, the survey-takers are indeed interested in people's responses; in fact, they're recorded.
In most calls, no extended interaction is undertaken.
The "push" -- as it's called -- is more simply a gentle nudge: If a call recipient has indicated they have taken a position at odds with the other side's candidate re: the questions already asked, the caller simply informs that "they may be interested to know" about that specific contrast.
That's it. Nothing lacking integrity here.
You call it nudging, others call or manipulation.
Either way, the optics are bad.