DCI is push polling again.

vanity | 3/19/2006 | Tasmanianred

[TASMANIANRED]

The first time I was polled , it was the identical poll and question 3 was skipped .

[bilhosty]

Who is DCI?

[TASMANIANRED]

That's what I wanted to know.

I tried to do a little research and the only thing that I could come up with was a polling company out of Arizona.

Don't know if it is the same one or not.

[King Prout]

I generally refuse polls

[King Prout]

pinging the gang - and some special guests. perhaps some of them can answer.

[Jet Jaguar]

I always answer polls and give them the most confounding answers.

[Cementjungle]

I imagine some polls go something like:

Do you think it's a good idea for Bush to sell our sensitive port security operations to Arabs?

America has lost thoundsands of soldiers in Iraq, which Bush admits had nothing to do with 9-11. Do you think this is good or bad?

Do you favor Bush spying on innocent Americans' phone calls?

New York Times experts said recently that our economy is the worst it's been in over 750 years. Under Clinton, the economy was at its best since the creation of time. Based on these facts, who do you think did a better job for the economy?

Etc.

[Delta 21]

Sounds like you write headlines for those guys!

Cut it out!!

[Doctor Stochastic]

Is this how MSM is coming up with the majority of Americans are opposed to the War in Iraq and then peace demonstrations can't attract enough attendees to fill a medium sized theater for a free movie?

Mostly not. You may read Gallup and Zogby and Rasmussen and Harris's web pages. They discuss their methodology.

The poll you described is a "push" poll as you describe. It is not legitimate as a method of getting results. The primary idea of push polls is to change the mind of the pollee.

You must be very healthy. It's not so easy (even if one has a use-it-or-lose-it health account) to afford simple health care. (Insurance helps.) Even things like having a polyp screened for cancer is around $1500. The colonoscopy and anethesia and OR rental are extra; that's just for the tissue analysis.

[Army Air Corps]

The only RECENT poll call that I have addressed was an RNC poll. A few years prior to that, I had answered a political poll conducted by a gubernatorial candidate's campaign..

[TASMANIANRED]

I actually took it out of curiosity.

I intended to answer contrary to the intent of the question no matter what.

[TASMANIANRED]

I thought this thing fell into limbo.

How did you find it?

[TASMANIANRED]

My intentions exactly.

[King Prout]

it popped up in my sidebar

[TASMANIANRED]

Do you think one of those was the one "too sensitive" to ask?

[TASMANIANRED]

The insurance covers major medical only with a high deductable.

The rest isn't use it or loose it.

I've had out patient surgery and was very pleased with the amount they paid.

[TASMANIANRED]

Are those things tailored. I didn't see it on mine.

Gonna have to go take a quick look.

[King Prout]

*shrugs*
I dunno

[TASMANIANRED]

Not there.

[TheLion]

The left is on full tilt to try and take back the House and Senate....expect more of this type of polling from their supporters and continuous MSM articles about rifts in the Republican party, Bush losing support, etc.