Dirty tactic in a phone survey about presidential preference???

telephone survey | non-specific

[adorno]

Just got off the phone a couple of minutes ago. Phone # that called for survey: 904-274-0422, from Jacksonvilee, FL.

First survey question: If election were held today, would you say you would be voting for Obama or Romney. Press 1 for Obama, 2 for Romney.

Well, I pressed 2 for Romney. There was a pause, and I thought that perhaps my answer hadn't taken, so, I pressed 2 again.

After a brief pause, the survey (apparently an automated poll service), shot back with: Would you say that, your support for Obama is strong (not exactly those words, or not so strong (again, not those exact words, or..., that's where I hung up, since, the survey had gotten my original entry incorrect, I wasn't going to finish the survey, hoping that my responses wouldn't be counted in the survey. I'm not sure that they won't.

To me, even after pressing 2, twice, and the automated poll getting it wrong, or "deliberately" getting it wrong, tells me that, someone is tampering with surveys in order to make someone look better than he is actually doing right now.

[Sudetenland]

I fail to see any reason, any advantage to Obama in some polling organization doing that. It doesn’t make sense for them to do that.

[adorno]

I fail to see any reason, any advantage to Obama in some polling organization doing that. It doesn’t make sense for them to do that.

Polls are propaganda weapons.

You didn't know that???

There are far too many people who are easily swayed by polls, and don't pay attention to much else.

Why do you think that, democrats, and even republicans do so many of them, and if it's not their own polls, they'll look to influence the outcome of those other polls.

[tacticalogic]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/546409/posts

See Bandwagon and Inevitable Victory

Heck, read the whole thing.

[Sudetenland]

Whatever. It looks as though what you were dealing with was this new Quinnipiac/CBS/New York Times poll published today. The questions appear to be similar to those mentioned in the thread.

I understand the propaganda intent, I just don't buy into it. I don't think most voters weigh what the polls have been saying when they pull the lever . . . other than those who have remained clueless, and I hardly think there would be enough of those to matter (course I could always be wrong :) )