What are your polling experiences?
This was my first time since 2004.
I literally had the fun of telling them I was voting for Al Gore. They told me he wasn't running. I told them I was going to vote with my hanging chad.
(Didn't vote Gore. Didn't vote traitor Kerry.)
Curious: Did you get the call on a land line or cell phone?
I got an automated poll - and when I hit "1 for 'Yes'" I got Rick-Rolled!
Good for you man!
I get yougov polls sent online.
Usually get booted after picking STRONG CONSERVATIVE at the beginning :)
Which polling outfit?
I usually only just get calls from Hindu guys telling me that my computer is slow or that if I don’t pay them, cops are coming.
I usually have a good time with them before they hang up on me.
As part of the 100,000,000 that have had my records stolen I refuse to answer questions for anyone. I was asked if I would take a poll and I angrily answered that there were a bunch of them that should be in jail and hung up.
Did they identify who they were polling for, ie candidate, party or someone else?
ALWAYS ask who is doing the poll. They will tell you.
I have a call blocker on my land line. Pollsters never get through, though I’m sure they have been calling me (along with fund raisers, credit card scammers, and the usual dregs of humanity).
Best purchase ever. That has done more to restore my sanity than any pill ever could.
I had forgotten that the weasel ex repub governor charlie crist turned independent turned democrat, defeated by Rubio for Senate, is now trying one more time to feed at the public trough, running for congress. The dude is harder to kill than a bed bug.
We had received several calls from a “poll” for our 23 year old son - by name, finally he talked to them.
They asked several questions, and he indicated Trump, so they went through what I can only consider a push poll - they would quote some statement from Trump and ask if it would make him more or less likely to vote for him. They would do likewise for Mrs. Bill.
Then they started citing some negative thing about Mrs. Bill, or a quote from Trump about her, followed up by a positive retort to whatever the negative was. They would do the same about Trump, but no positive retort.
Finally they asked him demographics. When he said he was African American, seemed like they lost it. They asked again to confirm, then the pollster had her supervisor come on the line to “confirm” his demographics. They were clearly not happy.
A week later we received another polling call that my wife answered. Before any polling questions they asked the demographic questions - and when my wife said white - they were done.
At least it kept them busy for a while.
Had a very similar call on Sunday. My first this year.
DId You plan to vote in the upcoming Presidential and Senate election in Georgia?
YEs
Do you intend to support Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, Republican candidate Donald J. Trump, Green Party candidate Dr. JIll Stein, or Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson?
Trump all the way.
Do you consider your support for Donal Teump very likely, likely, could change?
Very likely
Do you plan to vote in the Georgia election for U.S. SEnator?
Yes
Do you support the Republican Johnny Isakson or the Democrat Jim Barksdale?
Isakson (Though I wanted to say I wish he were not such a RINO)
Do you consider your vote for Isakson Very Likely, likely or that it could change?
Very likely.
Thank You for participating.
Should a call get through, I do what I have done for decades now... lie.
In this case I would answer "Hillary."
Go Trump!
I absolutely hate polls, the main weapon of the propagandists aimed at the moron voters.
Also in NC:
I had a young person come to the door and ask some preference questions Trump/ Clinton, McCrory/Cooper Burr and whoever the bimbo is running for the dumbles
THEN I get a request to fill out an online survey in the mail with an access code...never had that before...with the promise of some follow-up surveys in the weeks ahead.[ I forget the name of the organization right now]
I thought about getting cutsey with my responses but then decided to play it fairly straight because if the results somehow get into the media, I WANT NC to not be skewed dumblecrat...
I wondered if the door guy was gathering info for the mail request.
This was my first time since 2004.
It's been a while for me, too, but not like that!
I get polled—NIGHTLY—by two different pollsters and one other every week.
I tell them yes, Hillary is my choice. I tell them no, I do not abbrove of Giv. Rainer. Yes, I am very likely to vote in the election. Four voting age adults in the house. Yes, we’re all dyed in the will liberals.
Can’t wait until our four “guaranteed” Cankles votes show up for PRESIDENT Trump!!!
Trump / Pence 2016!!!
Im in Illinois. Nobody called to poll me.
The phone script reader just repeated the question. I again explained the situation and that I might vote Democrat in one and Republican in the other. He repeated the Question.
There are some ignorant polls out there. From the other questions I sensed that this poll was trying to figure out how long the coat-tails were for Presidential candidates. But it was really ignorant of local issues. I hung up after a while.
I answered that I was Independent (which I am). Came really close to saying I was a Democrat just to skew it. But I don't want to see fake numbers in my direction.