<p>I get at least one, often two or three phone calls per day lately wanting to poll me on something - usually politics. </p>
<p>If I have time I generally cooperate - but now I’m wondering - am I on some sort of “poll sucker” list?! </p>
<p>I mean how statistically relevant can these polls be if it’s the same group of poll suckers answering all of them?</p>
<p>How many are you getting and do you answer them? Am I contributing to this annoying (and probably dangerous) trend of news and politics being driven by these polls?</p>
<p>I’m not getting any political polling by phone.<br>
What I do get by phone is a lot of “polls” which are really marketing
questionaires for various products and services. Even though I don’t answer them, they continue to call, always under a different name.</p>
<p>mini:
Ha! I’m sort of surprised they’re willing to ask me political stuff. </p>
<p>One I got today started out with asking me if I knew who my State Assemblyman was. When I responded correctly the pollster sounded downright disappointed that he was going to have to proceed with the questions. I bet I was the only one he got ahold of that knew the answer!</p>
<p>“I bet I was the only one he got ahold of that knew the answer!”</p>
<p>They hang up on me when they get to “What is the most important issue upon which you will base your vote in the next election?” There isn’t a space for “an end to multinational capitalism”. ;)</p>
<p>I am one of those “phone screeners” everyone hates. I use my caller ID, and practically never answer the phone. I am a phone solicitor’s nightmare.</p>
<p>Weenie: I would guess that you did get on a list. One time, in a weak moment, I participated in a marketing survey on movies and perceptions about a particular director and actor. After that, I did get called on every conceivable survey topic until I started hanging up on everyone. I’m not sure how you get off those lists.</p>