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Kentucky

DeadLetterOffice

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3. Ah the joys of push-polling.

Reply to A Little Weird (Original post)

Thu Sep 18, 2014, 09:49 PM

Sep 2014

My spouse will only answer pollsters if they will disclose who is funding the poll (all reputable polling orgs willingly disclose this information) -- we've found push-pollers are MUCH more likely to hedge or outright refuse to answer the question.

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I was called and asked to take a political poll [View all] A Little Weird Sep 2014 OP

I am not from KY, but have had this sort of poll. Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #1

Wow - this one wasn't that obvious A Little Weird Sep 2014 #2

Ah the joys of push-polling. DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #3

It never even occurred to me to ask who was funding the poll A Little Weird Sep 2014 #4

The problem I have been running into lately Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #10

Poll experience CincyDem Sep 2014 #5

You would think "Independents" would be the main group they would want to go after A Little Weird Sep 2014 #6

yup, def a push poll. mopinko Sep 2014 #7

If I'm talking to a live person, bvf Sep 2014 #8

I used to do that too, Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #9

I hear that argument a lot bvf Sep 2014 #11

You are right about reducing the damage, Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #12