People like me are fed up with the polls so we either don’t answer, or answer in a non responsive manner. FU MSM and you push pollsters.
I couldn’t agree more. If I take a call from a pollster I answer as an Independent and I refuse to answer the demographics questions.
Maybe we would treat them more responsibly if they did not abuse data, make up information, use push-pull polling. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.
How about just a “reasonable standard” of honesty and some self-policing by the polling profession.
We and they could all sleep better at night.
Reasons for declining participation rates:
* too many marketing efforts presented as polls, so we turn it off
* the biased polls that we can tell are biased and decide not to participate
* the pollsters who hang up on you or end the interview when you don’t answer the right way
* the polls go on for a long time because they want detailed data to make up for the smaller data set
I can’t even remember the last time I was polled. Maybe 5-10 years ago, I think.
I guess if I had the time to speak with someone, I’d probably answer their questions.