Zogby Interactive Poll: Weird questions

[Viking12]

* Who would you more likely vote for president - the Tin Man, who is all brains and no heart or the Scarecrow, who is all heart and no brain?

* For each of the following questions, please choose which of the two values you feel more STRONGLY about, meaning it would trigger an intense reaction if a friend or associate made potentially offensive comments related to that value.

* Would you feel more STRONGLY if offensive comments were about Individual Freedom OR Traditional Values?

* Would you feel more STRONGLY if offensive comments were about Individual Freedom OR Protecting America at All Costs?

* Would you feel more STRONGLY if offensive comments were about Individual Freedom OR Being a Respected Member of the World Community?

* Would you feel more STRONGLY if offensive comments were about Individual Freedom OR Protecting our Civil Liberties?

* Would you feel more STRONGLY if offensive comments were about Traditional Values OR Being a Respected Member of the World Community?

(many others on all various combinations of these choices)

* Do you consider yourself a NASCAR fan?

[olddem43]

1. I got that one too. It seemed very repetitive and so weird that

I almost thought it was a spoof.

[canuckybee]

2. I got them also

and thought they were weird, but on the other hand it was fun answering new questions.

[Syncronaut Seven]

3. They want to know what gets you "riled up"

Tin man/scarecrow I voted neither/not sure, I mean, come on.

Nascar thing is just a rudimentary gage of overall respondent IQ. :P

[Eurobabe]

4. ditto, that was what we call a 'leading question.'

[Lindacooks]

5. I took that poll too

Thought it was very strange. And if somebody with a 140 IQ had to read the questions three and four times, they were poorly worded questions.

[bullimiami]

6. i didnt answer the tin man question.

it was stupid, narrow and not relevent. of course bush has neither brain nor heart so where does that leave us?

if it had read :: would you rather vote for a heartless, mindless, cowardly but arrogant golem OR someone with heart, brains, bravery and compassion. well I think I would have seen the point.

i thought the STRONGLY questions were a little funny but I answered them.

[Malikshah]

7. I agree--quite strange

They were poorly worded-- having to imagine a scenario etc.

Whoever's writing those needs to go back to school.

[thecrow]

8. OMG!!!!

Zogby's been kidnapped by the administration and forced to write weird, misleading polls!!!!

[requiem99]

9. Guys, Zogby is a smart guy.

The Tinman question was to find out what people care about in a leader: Intelligence or heart. Yes, we all know Kerry has both and Bush has neither, but if the question was "Brains and a soul vs arrogance and stupidity" nobody would pick the 2nd one, as none of Snot's supporters see him that way.

If you HAD to choose between a strict intellectual with no soul vs a complete idiot with a huge heart, what WOULD you choose?

Intelligence every single time, because a genius would not choose stupid actions and unbalanced responses, our primary beef with shrud. Oh, and he wouldn't lie either.

[Gloria]

10. I took it as well...

I wanted to answer tin man, but then decided to answer
"not sure" on the tin man question.....I don't want to be pigeonholed.

I hate this sort of manipulating question...