Are you a likely Gallup voter? (Take this online test to find out)

[batchdem04]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/graphics/electionquiz/flash.htm

(Seems to only work in IE)

It says I wasn't (scored a 5), even though I am registered. What does it say for you guys?

[Langis]

1. Wow, I'm not either

This is a BS test.

[pabloseb]

What a big JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are ENTIRELY missing the wave of new voters. :mad:
Makes no sense whatsoever... if anybody here was paying any attention to Gallup LV polls... well, this will convince them not to.

[comsymp]

2. Yes

So which one(s) did y'all answer "no" to?

[Worst Username Ever]

3. I am a 6, so yes I am.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

4. It says I'm not likely, even though I gave the last question a 10

Simply because I don't know where my polling station is. As if it won't be easy enough to find out.

[LostInAnomie]

5. I ranked as a 7

I am a likely voter.

[kostya]

6. I'm a 7 on the likely scale. In fact, come to think of it, I

already voted! ;)

[tomfodw]

7. I'm a 7

So I fit their criteria.

(BTW, I use Safari not IE, and it worked for me.)

[elperromagico]

8. 7 - I'm a likely voter.

But I've never been polled by Gallup, so I suppose it's a moot point.

[zoeb]

9. Gallup has a very bad test to determine likely voters...

:shrug: but I scored a seven and I'm a "definite" voter!
So it seems to work for me.

[tigereye]

37. I'm a 7

never been called. How do they pick these people? I assume it has lot to do with demographics and degree of representedness, or something.

[progressivebydesign]

10. I'm a FIVE!!!

I'm not likely! I'm new to the area, so I'm not sure about the voting location. Even THOUGH I chose that I 'thought a lot about the election', and planned to vote, etc. I'm still NOT likely! ha, ha. I VOTED LAST WEEK!!

[Eugene]

11. Yes, I got a 6.

I nearly always vote, but I just moved.

:dem:

:bounce: Go Red Sox!

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

12. I got a seven

so I am a likely voter, but I have NEVER been polled and neither has my husband, who would be a seven, too.

[sonicx]

13. 4

[Longhorn]

14. That's pretty revealing!

If you are a first-time voter who's very interested in this election but don't know where to vote and answer "Seldom" on how often you vote (because how does a first-time voter answer that question, anyway?) then you only score a "4" and your opinion doesn't count in their "likely voter" polls!

[doni_georgia]

44. 1st time voters are never included in LV polls eom

[MallRat]

15. I'm a 7, but only because I've lived & voted in the same place for years.

Gallup is fucked.

-MR

[Placebo]

16. I am a 7.

:hi:

[cjbuchanan]

17. Anyone rank below a 6, but have already voted?

Just wondering. I am a 7 and have already voted, so nuts to me.

[jmags]

45. Received a 5 - already voted

I know first time voters are less likely, but if someone is registered, knows where there polling place is, answers "quite a lot" for how much they've thought about the election, and rates themselves a "10" for "definately will vote" I think they should be thought of as likely voters. But what do I know, I'm not a likely voter, and I've already voted.

[requiem99]

18. I scored a 4, despite rating a 10 as likelihood of voting this year.

[WI_DEM]

19. yep, I passed their criteria

but I bet most people on DU would.

[pabloseb]

20. For all of you getting high scores

If this is your first time voting, you get at most a 5 = NOT likely voter. Even if you know where your precint is, and you give a 10 in the last question, you get a 5. So they're missing all the newly registered voters.

[sandnsea]

34. Exactly

If you've never voted in your precinct or don't yet know where it is, you're not counted. New registers. My god, this isn't accurate at all. Stupid Gallup.

[strategery blunder]

39. I got a 7 despite the fact that I was too young to vote in 2000

However, I did vote in the Dem primary, so I said that I had voted in previous elections:)

[girl gone mad]

21. I got a 4.

"not among those likely to go to the polls on election day"

funny, since I already voted. :)

(I'm new to the area, and I responded as I would have before today - I didn't know where my polling place was until this morning, had never voted in this precinct before and only vote part of the time.)

[high density]

22. I passed (7)

I'm a bit pissed though that USA Today evidently didn't test their Flash detection thing on Mozilla. That's as bad as MSNBC's site requiring IE to view video clips. :eyes:

[noamnety]

23. Already voted, only got a 6

I'm assuming they figure in the odds that my vote will be counted.

[tritsofme]

24. Below 7 doesn't mean youre not considered a "Likely Voter"

They take the top 60% of their sample and call it LV, assuming 60% turnout.

edited to say I'm a 7.

[michigandem2]

25. I'm a 7....

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

26. 7 but they are never going to call me.

[Jane Austin]

27. I'm a 7! :)

n/t

[AnIndependentTexan]

28. I'm a 5 and I answered

1.Quitte a lot
2. yes
3.no
4.seldom
5.yes
6.yes
7.10

[DaveinMD]

29. 7

[KOBUK]

30. I'm a 7**

**

[yardwork]

31. I'm a 7

I've lived in the same house for more than ten years. We've raised kids here and so we know the neighbors.

I know of one person who wrote a LTTE stating that she was a "loyal Gallup voter who would ensure that shrub is reelected."

She's a known wing-nut in our town who writes rabid, vicious LTTE all the time. Real law-and-order jerk.

[0rganism]

32. I'm a 7, which is good cuz I already voted

(Oregon, vote by mail)

[kerry2win]

33. no way-5

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

35. Perfect 7.

[americanwomanone]

36. I'm a 7

[Bandit]

38. IMO if you got more than a 1 you are likely to vote

I got a seven and that is as likely as it gets.

[mumon]

40. IT'S A STUPID TRICK QUESTION!

NOBODY but those who would vote in school board elections would score above a 6.

I tried it.

And "6's" are weighted- just because you're a 6 doesn't mean you're a likely voter according to Gallup.

[cynatnite]

41. This is horrible!

I got a seven, but the way this test is worded just about any schmo would qualify as a likely voter. What a crock!

[blondeatlast]

42. Seven here. This test points to how badly skewed poll results are.

Out of people who score 5 or above, they pick 1000-2000 at a time?

[doni_georgia]

43. I scored a 7

I always vote even if it's an election for dog catcher.