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mtngirl47

(985 posts)
3. You should try to take the polls!
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 10:22 PM
Aug 2019

When I went through training with Organizing for America in 2007 they told us that taking the polls was important and that especially younger people need to take the polls.

Kinda like leftieNanner Aug 2019 #1
You should try to take the polls! mtngirl47 Aug 2019 #3
I agree. Someone is going to answer them. Lochloosa Aug 2019 #12
Well, thanks for the encouragement leftieNanner Aug 2019 #24
Why should you take the poll? I am curious Perseus Aug 2019 #28
I just say, "I will never vote for Republicans. They're scum." The I hang up. nt tblue37 Aug 2019 #39
Push Poll EleanorR Aug 2019 #2
I just learned something new. Thanks! BigmanPigman Aug 2019 #32
Exactly! The moment you detect bias you should express no political opinion and just hang up. Towlie Aug 2019 #63
I woulda told em to go fuck themselves... GReedDiamond Aug 2019 #4
Not that I take phone polls, but soldierant Aug 2019 #51
you were the victim of a push poll. who did they say, conducted this poll? Takket Aug 2019 #5
Freedom (For Billionaires to Steal from Americans) Society sharedvalues Aug 2019 #8
Sounds about right. blm Aug 2019 #11
Wow. That's catchy! They could sell FPLS tee shirts. PatrickforO Aug 2019 #22
Push poll. sharedvalues Aug 2019 #6
It doesn't matter. not_the_one Aug 2019 #18
Yes, and so sharedvalues Aug 2019 #55
In the 90s I got a poll in the mail SCantiGOP Aug 2019 #7
push polling should be illegal. if you want to say something, say it. but don't Takket Aug 2019 #9
I suppose they must work. soldierant Aug 2019 #53
LOVE how those questions are worded. calimary Aug 2019 #10
That's why we shouldn't disqualify candidates because the Bettie Aug 2019 #13
Although they will throw in the word "communist" occasionally for old times sake. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2019 #30
Yeah, that too Bettie Aug 2019 #34
"I WISH we were as liberal as they pretend to think we are." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2019 #44
This right here is why Bettie Aug 2019 #46
Sounds like this was not so much a push poll as a shove poll. royable Aug 2019 #14
+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #16
Were I taking that poll, PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #15
They no doubt call pretending it's a neutral 3rd party polling outfit dflprincess Aug 2019 #17
"Would you support a Democrat candidate who wanted abortion available up until birth or Trump?" Bayard Aug 2019 #19
Push. They're called zentrum Aug 2019 #20
You did great! I got a Dem one pushing Bloomberg the other day. woodsprite Aug 2019 #21
Yeah the un-American CEO of Hasbro was behind "Socialism Monopoly" rockfordfile Aug 2019 #23
had one of those KT2000 Aug 2019 #25
Awwwh the old MMRI I'll ask the same question in 100 different ways and finally trip her up Thekaspervote Aug 2019 #26
i love push polls. so i can fuck them up. pansypoo53219 Aug 2019 #27
You can't. You can only endure them if you must. They are not real polls so nothing to fuck up. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2019 #52
If this is NRCC poll. They called me multiple times and I blocked the number. joanbarnes Aug 2019 #29
F E A R - Same old bullshit, different day. ffr Aug 2019 #31
Post cards to Voters has a push on for marybourg Aug 2019 #33
universal answer: "Ain't no Repuke candidate worth pissin' on" Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2019 #35
How about Trump gutting social security, the environment, family values? They have short memories. Pepsidog Aug 2019 #36
Sounds like a "troll poll". n/t SpankMe Aug 2019 #37
I'm Guessing That Frank Luntz Focus Group Tested The Formulation Of These Questions DallasNE Aug 2019 #38
These push polls are nothing but a form of propaganda. Liberal In Texas Aug 2019 #40
Stall for as much time as possible Wednesdays Aug 2019 #41
"Help us refine our 2021 list of people to arrest!" struggle4progress Aug 2019 #42
That wasn't a poll. Your answers were never recorded. JohnnyRingo Aug 2019 #43
What a crock of shit, especially this question: raccoon Aug 2019 #45
what I would have answered is that yes, I supported abortion up until demigoddess Aug 2019 #65
Did they talk in a mocking tone when saying louis-t Aug 2019 #47
I don't sit for those. barbtries Aug 2019 #48
This sounds more like a manipulation than a legititmate poll. TryLogic Aug 2019 #49
Propaganda 101: Ask an equating question enough times & people begin to think that is the dichotomy Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2019 #50
I would have just answered warmfeet Aug 2019 #54
Information like this may be of interest to the Democratic Party in your state rurallib Aug 2019 #56
Thanks--I'm a Precinct Chair in my county mtngirl47 Aug 2019 #59
Think I Rebl2 Aug 2019 #57
Missouri Smackdown2019 Aug 2019 #58
They are not real polls. They are manipulation tactics. TryLogic Aug 2019 #61
Time is money Smackdown2019 Aug 2019 #62
Donald Trump -- Great president or GREATEST president? klook Aug 2019 #60
They assume their premises treestar Aug 2019 #64
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