Another strange Zogby Poll.

[FSogol]

Who comes up with these questions?

An authentic but controversial life is better than a celebrated, but compromised one.

What I put on my body is driven more by self expression than it is by popular style.

Products, like people, must seduce me first with the package, then with the contents.

I'd rather have something that lasts a lifetime than something that dazzles for a season.

Shopping is a treasure hunt in which stores, eBay and garage sales appear on my map.

My favorite shops feel like old friends and my favorite brands like family traditions.

[aquart]

1. Wasn't that a massive pile of crap?

[FSogol]

4. Yup, and when are they going to add something worse than poor

for evaluating *'s performance?

[aquart]

25. I keep wondering. It seems so inadequate.

[RebelOne]

2. I took that poll this morning.

And I had to read some of those questions a second time because they didn't make too much sense.

[bikebloke]

3. I was about to quit, it was inane.

Usually at the end, they tell you it's the end. This time, I answered a question and was taken to Zogby's web site.

[AngryOldDem]

14. I did quit, because it WAS inane

Zogby sent out one last week that I accidentally deleted. From reading my state's board here on DU, it was a poll worth taking -- asked questions about the governor's legacy, the overall condition of the state, etc. I was hoping that this latest one would be along the lines of the poll I zapped -- halfway through it I concluded that this was utter bullshit and I had better things to do with my time.

Every so often they have these "out-of-left-field" polls. I'd like to know for whom they're doing them.

[AllegroRondo]

5. That first question is driven by the Oprah book club thing

about the man who's non-fiction life story turned out to be mostly fabricated.

[SoCalDem]

6. They are worried because people are not "shopping" like they used to

could be people are just scared of losing their jobs (or already HAVE) and they are not as enamored with "products" as they once were,.

[hootinholler]

21. Could be they are spending too much income on commuting.

And shipping costs of groceries.

-Hoot

[Not Me]

7. I ditched out of it...

after the third page.

[Mabus]

8. Selected Client List from Zogby

You've got to remember that people pay Zogby to the polls. Here's a selected client list posted on Zogby's site (from http://www.zogby.com/about/clients.cfm):

A brief sample of our clientele includes:

* Microsoft Corporation, Cisco Systems, Inc., eToys Inc.

* Bureau of the Census, USA

* Philip Morris EEMA

* MCI Telecommunications, Frontier Cellular

* Chrysler Corporation

* United Nations, Office of the General Secretary, (Global Poll, 22 nations), Data Base Marketing (South Korea), American Chamber of Commerce Egypt, Egypt's International Economic Forum

* Reuters North America and Latin America, New York Post, USA Today, Fox Television Network, Gannett News Service, Campaigns & Elections, Bulletin News Network, Cincinnati Post, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Buffalo News, and daily newspapers in Syracuse, Albany, Rochester, Binghamton, Utica, Watertown, Ithaca, and Poughkeepsie,

* National Bank and Trust Company, Savings Bank of Utica, Herkimer County Trust, First Source Federal Credit Union

* Blue Cross and Blue Shield

* St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Scranton Medical Center, Cortland Memorial Hospital, St. Lukes Memorial Hospital, Slocum Dickson Medical Center, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Bassett Healthcare, Northeast Medical Center

* National Environmental Trust

* ACCESS of Dearborn. MI,

* Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute (museum)

* New World Foundation, North Country Tracking Service

* New York State Department of Labor

* American Civil Rights Institute

* ConMed Corporation, Welch-Allyn (medical manufacturers)

* Oneida Indian Nation

* National Association of Manufacturers

* Labor Research Institute

It sounds like they are doing polling for a future PR campaign. Looks like they're working on image - what will get people to the store and how to improve marketing.

[atommom]

9. Rah rah rah! Consume consume consume!

I agree, it was one of the more pointless polls I've taken. I was hoping it would have some post-SOTU questions on it, but no such luck.

[TahitiNut]

10. It reeked of market research to determine how political ideologies ...

... drove brand loyalty and choices of style over substance (and vice versa). A strong correlation between "voted for Kerry" and "prefers Costco to WalMart" would indicate that shopping patterns are indicators of political position. This is how the GOP has been making their GOTV efforts more focused. After all, buying customer lists from retail corporations could be far more cost-effective than mere precinct demographics.

[Rainscents]

11. I thought so too!

Where the hell they come up with shit? I think, Zogby like to confuse people. Poll took way too long!

[ComerPerro]

12. I am a brainwashed, mindless idiot, only a consumer, and can't think

[FSogol]

13. LOL, Please tell me what to buy. n/t

[Cleita]

15. Yeah, I had a lot of "not sures".

I finished it though because it had some important environmental questions on it.

[atommom]

16. Is it just me, or were some of these statements just pathetic?

"My favorite shops feel like old friends and my favorite brands like family traditions."

Yeah, mega-corporations always give me the warm fuzzies!

[Skidmore]

17. The one that weirded me out was whether or not I was

considering leaving the country.

[hootinholler]

20. Yes, I chose that I rejected the idea.

Which I did after about 10 milliseconds, THEY don't get to keep MY country!

-Hoot

[robbedvoter]

18. I folded half way through it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Weird.. kinda like the Poltical compass and yet not.

[Generic Other]

22. I started answering "other" for everything

I am not a fucking marketing tool. Peddle the non-commital nonanswers you got from me, ya moran.

I only answer the political questions.

[Orangepeel]

23. Zogby has to make a living

it's not all political polling. Some of it is consumer pychology shit that will help develop ad campaigns.

[Pastiche423]

24. At 66% done

I was taken to the home page. I thought I wasn't finished, but I guess they thought I was right after I said I would like to move to Venezuela.

Weird, eh?

[meisje]

26. If you have the money, he will do the polling