Please excuse my dumb political question...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

But I'd like to know....

Just what is push polling?

I keep reading this phrase, and nobody has defined it ...

Thanks...

[AlCzervik]

1. not a dumb question at all Peg. A push poll is a pollster that calls you and tells

basically what a piece of shit X Candidate is "Were you aware that Senator Obama likes to eat kittens and do you approve?"

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Thanks!

So....questions in the form of propaganda?

Pushing you to a certain point of view....

What a dirty tactic that is......

[AlCzervik]

5. it's disgusting and just negative, tells you the canidiate that greenlit that idea

has no ideas of their own.

[northzax]

2. push polling is when you phrase poll questions to give people propaganda

so instead of saying "do you like Senator X's Health Care plan?" you ask "Senator X wants to have the government run medicine, like it runs the DMV, do you agree that this would be more expensive and reduce services?"

or "would it bother you that governer Y has two illegitimate children with black servants?"

that type of thing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thanks!

This is very illuminating!

[MannyGoldstein]

3. It's Smearing In The Guise of Polling

Like when Bush's thugs called Republican voters and said "On a scale of 1-5, how important is it to you that that John McCain fathered an illegitimate black child?" (Of course, McCain hadn't.)

Garbage like that.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thanks!

Smearing in the guise of polling...

Well put......

[SPKrazy]

7. say i call you up

and maybe say "how would you feel if you knew that so and so was banging his mistress?" I didn't say it was true, i asked you how you would feel if you knew

now that is a way of disseminating false information or the seeds of it.

because then you will wonder if it is true, or not.

you may mention it

someone else kind of like the game of telephone.


there are lots of variations, but that is an example

or "how would you feel to know that John Edwards ate at Olive Garden and shopped at Wal Mart" :P oh, this isn't the lounge, but you get the idea eh?

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. My dear Southpawkicker!

Nope, this sure isn't the Lounge!

And I like your examples a lot...

The game of telephone, indeed....ick...

[Jim Sagle]

10. Push polling means conducting a poll by asking loaded questions designed to help one candidate

or hurt another one.

An honest poll question might be, "Out of all the Democratic candidates, which one has the best approach to the Iraq war?"

A push poll question might read, "What do you think of Hillary's attempts to avoid taking a stand on the war?"

Or, "Do you think Kucinich's position on immediately pulling our troops out will make us less safe?"

Or, "What do you think of John Edwards and his $400 haircuts?"

It's an attempt to stir up feelings under the guise of asking questions.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Thank you!

Loaded questions......

And getting people stirred up under the guise of asking questions...

Very helpful!

[DURHAM D]

12. I clicked on your post

fully anticipating some Polish jokes. I am glad you got good answers but I am a little disappointed that you didn't get some jokes as well.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. See post #13....

You won't be disappointed!

:rofl:

[UrbScotty]

13. My dear CaliforniaPeggy!

Do you approve of the way Barbara Boxer is handling her job as a US Senator?

Are you aware that Senator Boxer proposed to a box turtle, but when he declined, she turned to a human?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear ih8thegop!

And here's the joke!

Thanks!

:rofl:

[DURHAM D]

19. Thanks - good chuckle. eom

[zulchzulu]

14. I'll answer in a "push poll" style

Would you consider answering a push poll question, since answering such a question is usually viewed as an incredibly stupid thing to do that might also give you scavies?

Make sure you were asking this question either early in the morning or after 9PM for best effect.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. That is PERFECT!

Thank you!

And, NO, I won't answer it!

:rofl:

[Botany]

18. Karl Rove's "best" push poll

South Carolina 2000 .... McCain was showing a real of beating chance
bush.

push poll ..... "How would you vote in the republican primary be if you
knew John McCain had a non-white child outside of his marriage?"

rough quote.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. I heard about that polling...

And I was so damn disgusted ...

I could hardly believe it...:nuke:

[vanlassie]

21. Speaking of Polls

Get this one, on Fox, and especially the results!!

"If there is an all-out war between the United States and various radical Muslim groups worldwide, who would you rather have in charge — Democrats or Republicans?"

Democrats 41%
Republicans 38%
Both the same
(not listed) 9%
Don't know
(not listed) 12%

http://tinyurl.com/2xy3t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Well!

I am surprised!

I did expect to see that the Republicans would out-poll the Democrats!

It's probably within the margin of error, but still!

What a pleasant surprise.......

Thanks!