Once upon a time, long, long ago, I got a call from a pollster. I agreed to participate. They asked the first question and gave me a list of answers I could choose from. I did not like any of them and said so. I was told that just choose the one closest to my belief. Same with the second question. By the third question, I said that I did not like the way this poll was going and I would not choose from the answers they had given me. She said “Then you can’t be in our poll.” I said fine and hung up.
I have never participated in a poll since, although I have gotten a number of calls to do so. I wonder if the reason so many Demoncrats are polled is because Republicans (or better yet, conservatives) hang up rather than be manipulated by the pollster.
Similar situation last time I was polled -
they asked a question, and the list of answers was meant to support a specific agenda. It happened to be an agenda that I supported, but that didn’t matter.
When I asked “is this a push poll”, the pollster hung up on me.
That shows to me that polls are and can be manipulated. No thanks