NationStates Jolt Archive


For whom does the bell. . .poll?

Gronde
10-10-2004, 03:07
I'm sure that we have all seen or heard of all the polls and such that news stations conduct that supposedly say what the national oppinion is. I have never been polled before, no has anyone I know. Have you ever been part of a political poll conducted by a major news organization?
So: "For whom does the bell poll?"
Sdaeriji
10-10-2004, 03:15
I have been.
Gronde
10-10-2004, 04:07
I have been.
Really? Was it over the phone or something?
Eutrusca
10-10-2004, 04:22
They're scared to ask me! :D
Sdaeriji
10-10-2004, 04:26
Really? Was it over the phone or something?

Yeah, it was over the phone. It was USA Today, I think, and they were asking about what I thought about the handling of the war in Iraq.
Tuesday Heights
10-10-2004, 05:51
I'm sure that all sides pick specific demographics of people they poll; hence why I formulate my own opinion, and I don't listen to what the media tells me.
Squornshelous
10-10-2004, 05:52
I have not, which probably has something to do with the fact that I can't vote.
Roachsylvania
10-10-2004, 06:53
Pretty sure I don't know anyone who's ever been polled. Kinda makes you wonder, eh?
Aiin
10-10-2004, 06:55
they never poll unlikely voters.
They never poll unregistered voters.
They never poll people who use cellphones predominantly.
They never poll the youth.

Polls are the greatest industry of farce.
Pepe Dominguez
10-10-2004, 07:00
I've never been polled. Probably because we all already know the general political sentiment in California. ;)
Sdaeriji
10-10-2004, 07:13
They never poll the youth.


I don't know. I'm 21, and I've been polled.
Incertonia
10-10-2004, 08:02
I've been polled three times in the last year, but always for local issues, and only since I moved to California.
Gronde
10-10-2004, 16:00
I've been trying to stay away from the "vast media consperacy," but it does make you wonder.
Ashmoria
10-10-2004, 16:59
my family must be in a good demographic, we get pollled on all kinds of things on a fairly regular basis

not that i always know WHO they are. but i'll go through the poll if im not otherwise busy at the time

my son was polled by abc news back in march of 2001 and ended up on good morning america on a segment about violence in schools