6) If you can reach them at all, average Americans now usually curse at a pollster before slamming down the phone.
Well, I am one of the ones that they cannot reach by phone. But if they still could I would still mislead them.
Be nice (not just you, but everyone). The callers for polling firms are working hard to make a living. Imagine doing that job, and you'll know what I mean. If you're going to hang up on them, please do it politely. I hired Americans, and many of my callers had serious health issues, only taking the job because calling was one of the few jobs they could handle.
Why would anyone answer their polls, much less truthfully? You get put into a pigeonhole, you then get bombarded with follow up solicitations by phone and mail. And, in today’s world of spying by the likes of the NSA and Google, why give up any personal information you don’t have to?