RobertSeattle
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Mon Oct-30-06 10:46 PM
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Don't you just love messing with Push Pollers? |
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Push Poll Question 1: Are you more likely to vote for Republican Candidate X or Democratic Candidate Y? My Answer: Y
Push Poll Question 2: If you knew that Democratic Candidate Y was "something supposedly negative information against Y" would you be more likely to vote for them? My Answer Yes!!
Push Poll Question 3: If you knew that DemocratiC Candidate Y was "another supposedly negative information against Y" would you be more likely to vote for them? My Answer Yes!!!
Push Poller: Thank you for you time (meekly)
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C_U_L8R
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Mon Oct-30-06 10:48 PM
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tell them stories mess with their heads have fun
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Mon Oct-30-06 10:57 PM
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6. Most of 'em are unemployed people |
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who went into what they thought was telephone sales, got handed a script, and will plug away at it for the next week so they can reset those unemployment bennies.
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Change has come
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Mon Oct-30-06 11:37 PM
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to mess with the uninformed.
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Mon Oct-30-06 10:48 PM
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2. Heh. I've done that before. Stringing them along |
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and interjecting my commentary and fake worry that the questions seem so slanted.
They just plow through, ignoring me.
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Mon Oct-30-06 10:50 PM
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3. Damn. I never get those calls. All I ever get are the damn recorded |
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ones, and even then I yell into the phone, even though I know noone can hear me!
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SoCalDem
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Mon Oct-30-06 10:52 PM
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4. I tell them I am a republican |
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and am too "upset" to even vote.. I always mess with polls
sometimes I am a rich hispanic man over 70 sometimes I am a 25 year old black woman sometimes I am a 50 yr old man..
I am always a "republican" when they ask..and I always skew their polls
If more people did this, it would be a lot more "fun"..:evilgrin:
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Mon Oct-30-06 11:14 PM
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10. I am a republican and am too "upset" to even vote |
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Mon Oct-30-06 10:55 PM
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5. Good answers. And yes -- these people deserve to be messed with. |
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Edited on Mon Oct-30-06 11:02 PM by Old Crusoe
Definitely.
I agree with other DUers here -- hold them on the line as long as you can. Make inquiries, such as:
"Do you think (name of Republican candidate) would support a bill to pay for channeling research? Because my dog died. He was a springer spaniel. We called him Zip. You would have liked him. Anyway, it's real lonely here since he died. He got hit by a car and we couldn't find him for a long time. Then Alice -- she lives down the street -- she was out along her ditch one day when she went to get the mail, and she saw something over in the ditch, near the culvert next to the 7/11 store, and wouldn't you know it, it was Zip. Well, she didn't call us for a long time because we were gone -- I think we were at the grocery -- but pretty soon we came back and just when we were putting up the groceries the phone rang, and it was Alice, and she said they found Zip. And we heard on Montel that some people know how to channel their pets, I mean, channel them if they died, not if they're still alive, so do you think (name of Republican candidate) would be for that? I mean it wouldn't take that much money, would it? How much do you think it would take? That's the big issue here at our house. We want to see how Zip is doing in the afterlife."
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Mon Oct-30-06 10:58 PM
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7. Thank you - that made my day |
saltpoint
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Mon Oct-30-06 11:00 PM
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8. Kind words, whutgives -- thank you. I'm in a strong anti-Republican |
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state of mind tonight.
Well, just about every night. :hi:
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Old and In the Way
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Mon Oct-30-06 11:22 PM
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11. You have me in tears..... |
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Tue Oct-31-06 01:06 AM
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17. Hi, Old and In the Way. Thanks. We need more push polls by the |
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Republicans to test out these strategies.
This last week could be intense. But right now it looks like a lot more Democrats will sit in the 110th Congress.
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Mon Oct-30-06 11:11 PM
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9. I like to critique the survey questions... |
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for example: Is Amy Klobuchar too liberal?
Reponse: Too liberal as compared to what? Honestly, who put together this survey, what a stupid question? I want to talk to the supervisor.
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Mon Oct-30-06 11:28 PM
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12. yer not very cowopurait |
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with thu Rethuglican hacks are yu?
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Mon Oct-30-06 11:29 PM
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13. My favorite ploy for unwanted callers of all stripes |
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ask them if they've "met Jesus Christ", then see if you can "save" them and get them to "pray with me". Really creeps 'em out.
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Mon Oct-30-06 11:54 PM
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15. I agree that lying to pollsters can be great sport and quite entertaining. |
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However, admitting it on a public forum provides evidence that polls can not be trusted. If Democrats wish to claim vote fraud because the votes don’t match the polls, here is written conformation on a Democratic web site undermining their claim.
Some of the pundits are already preparing excuses for the polling data to not match the results. For instance, claiming that many African-Americans would never admit to voting Republican to a pollster, but once in the voting booth nobody will ever know.
Regards,
Mugu
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RobertSeattle
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Tue Oct-31-06 12:22 AM
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16. I don't think even a (R) would take a Push Poll as any evidence of anything |
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It seems strange, but there is no law against lying your ass off to almost anyone unless you are under oath or it involves police officers.
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Tue Oct-31-06 01:11 AM
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18. Yeah, that's why they're push polls |
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The whole point of them is to plant something in the minds of voters, not to gather accurate data.
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