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BigmanPigman

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32. I just learned something new. Thanks!

Tue Aug 27, 2019, 12:37 AM

Aug 2019

I had a part time job doing phone surveys when I was a starving artist a lifetime ago and never heard of that term before.

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I just finished a long telephone poll and I can see where the Republicans are going [View all] mtngirl47 Aug 2019 OP

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