You also have to give them permission to spam you.
Their "principled" attack on Trump was designed to get more gold into the coffers.
F 'em.
Yep, I never give information to sites that want it in order to get involved.
A poll is the lowest to ask for personal info.
When I was working with a Tea Party org, they had a guy giving out small pieces of paper for the audience to put their email addy on it so they could get updates about events.
Completely voluntary, I had no problem with that.
Email lists are money makers also.
I'll take your last small sentence as "Freep 'em" to avert any purists hitting the abuse button.