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When That Poll-taker Calls, Answer!
In the past week, I have taken at least three political polls; two online, and one over the phone. Seeing as the upcoming midterm elections are extremely important to us, shouldn’t our opinions get registered? But it seems like a large number of my Ricochet family members have a policy of not answering polls. I would like to recommend that you change your policy. How else are we going to get on the scoreboard, if our fellows don’t know that there are a large number of conservatives out there, who register their opinion?
In my retirement, I decided to sign up with a couple of websites that specialize in market research (I’ve always been a sucker for market research); they pay for your time, albeit a low amount, but it’s more than nothing. I just last week participated in an online focus group, for which I stand to be paid $175. Anyway, I ended up on YouGov’s panel, and they now send me regular surveys to fill out. I get to state my political preferences directly, and I’m happy to be that kind of statistic. I think that refusing to answer poll-takers makes it look like we aren’t there, and we need to make our opinions known. I had a delightful half-hour conversation with a young Hispanic lady last week, and I got to register my preferences for our local candidates. I even helped her with some name pronunciations; I think I made her day by being willing to talk to her, instead of just not answering.
Another benefit of taking the online surveys is I get to evaluate the political ads of the Leftist candidates. I learned that our state congresspersons from the Democrat side are lying with every statement they make about the Republican candidates. I never would have seen those ads, if I hadn’t been doing those surveys. I am pleased to get my preferences out there, perhaps to encourage others to vote, who might have been discouraged by the poll results. We all know that a lot of political polls skew Democrat, but can’t we change that by not hanging up on the poll-takers? Give it some thought, and register your opinions when the poll-takers call. If nothing else, you can make them mad when you support Donald Trump!
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No one dares to like that name – Pedrophiles are treated very poorly.
And names in the hands of the Feds . . .
😂😂😂
What has all this to do with responding to poll-takers?
It started with my rant about a poll-taker who hung up on me since I didn’t know her candidate with a man’s name was a goyle. It went down hill from there.
Go with Rando.
Looks like someone already made the suggestion.
Isn’t the Spanish version of “Randy” just “Randy” but more loudly?
I have participated in many polls in my 77 years and can tell you with certainty that the pollster’s reaction was an aberration and very, very unusual.
For a political poll, it very well may have been conducted by people who were largely if not exclusively supporters of the candidate.
Well, to be fair, I did indicate it with the phrase, “Never heard of him.”
Oh come on, that was funny!
And some of you people claim to enjoy puns…
That is no excuse for rudeness and does nothing to help the candidate they represent gain the possibility of changing minds. You win more flies with honey than vinegar.
I’m sorry, have you met the Democrats?