I just got one of those political survey calls and I wasn't doing anything so I decided to play along. After a slew of more general questions then came the real reason for the poll:
Will these things make you more or less likely to vote for candidate X:
She worked across the isle.
She accomplished [fill in the blank]
She did all that and lowered taxes.
She's endorsed by [fill in the blank]
Etc.
Will these things make you more or less likely to vote for candidate Y:
She oversaw the problem plagued county jail.
She doubled property taxes (it's not even true).
Her votes have been strictly partisan.
Etc.
At that point I stopped the survey.
One, is it just a campaign call in disguise? Probably partially.
Two, is it a survey candidate X plans to claim the majority of those polled have a positive view of her and a negative view of candidate Y? Most certainly.
And of course, my not wanting to continue leaves them with a slanted sample.
It's not only a dishonest poll, the poll itself is 'laundered' through a national call center that one pays to conduct the poll and isn't allowed to say who commissioned the poll.
Is this anything new? Of course not.
Does it have implications for the constant poll reports that voters find Clinton not trustworthy? Most certainly.
The news media needs to call that crap out. So far I've only heard one mention of the fact only negative poll questions on Clinton are being reported.
Will these things make you more or less likely to vote for candidate X:
She worked across the isle.
She accomplished [fill in the blank]
She did all that and lowered taxes.
She's endorsed by [fill in the blank]
Etc.
Will these things make you more or less likely to vote for candidate Y:
She oversaw the problem plagued county jail.
She doubled property taxes (it's not even true).
Her votes have been strictly partisan.
Etc.
At that point I stopped the survey.
One, is it just a campaign call in disguise? Probably partially.
Two, is it a survey candidate X plans to claim the majority of those polled have a positive view of her and a negative view of candidate Y? Most certainly.
And of course, my not wanting to continue leaves them with a slanted sample.
It's not only a dishonest poll, the poll itself is 'laundered' through a national call center that one pays to conduct the poll and isn't allowed to say who commissioned the poll.
Is this anything new? Of course not.
Does it have implications for the constant poll reports that voters find Clinton not trustworthy? Most certainly.
The news media needs to call that crap out. So far I've only heard one mention of the fact only negative poll questions on Clinton are being reported.
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