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Misc: One danger of conducting polls
Overheard at my house tonight:
(Phone rings)
The boy: Hello.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
(Hangs up)
Me: What was that about?
The Boy: I don’t know, some automated poll.
Me: What did they ask?
The Boy: The first question was about Harry Reid, then I just said “no” every time the guy stopped talking.
I can’t help but laugh at these types of things. We had a lengthy talk at dinner about the presidential race and what it means that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have a legitimate shot at winning. My kids know who is involved in the race, they get asked by us all the time who they’d support (we never attempt to sway them toward or from any candidate—I’m completely against any child attending a rally and told by parents who is the right person for the job), and they have preferences. A lot of the time they can’t explain why they’d vote for someone, and I try to help them reason it out. However, that they know who’s running makes them more informed than way too many people. So I forgive their cynical approach to the multitudes of people calling my house (3 calls in five minutes at one point today) trying to get my wife to attend a rally or to caucus for their candidate. On that note, nice work, Republicans.
Comments
Robert Payne, Jan 14, 09:06 PM #:
I think the turnaround from Iowa to New Hampshire already proved that polling is for kids; and our current president proves that one can also get elected.
Well played, Mr. Payne. Nice comment, and so true. I only hope that more kids than my own are screwing with the phone spammers.
Bethany, Jan 15, 09:38 PM #:
I hung up one a surveyor last night. It felt wonderfully passively aggressive. (The Miss Manners in me nearly fainted.) But come on, when the question is “Do you support Harry Reid’s desire to immediately pull out of Iraq and leave the Iraqi people to Islamic terrorists?” how else could I respond? I told the automated recording that it was a very loaded question and I no longer wished to participate. Besides, a 45-second survey, my ass!
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