Do you answer Political Polls that call you on the telephone?

9 Comments

1. UCGal
   November 6, 2012 @ 2:28 PM

   I answer them – but warn at
   I answer them – but warn at the beginning that if it smells like a push poll, I’m hanging up.

   The DeMaio campaign hit me with two push polls this year. Not that I’m a Filner fan, but push polls are shady and it made me vow not to vote for DeMaio.

   • spdrun
     November 6, 2012 @ 5:20 PM

     I answer them and play with
     I answer them and play with them if I have the time. “Well, ma’am, sorry to disappoint you, but I’m voting for the Black Hand Party this Election Day.”

2. svelte
   November 7, 2012 @ 8:14 PM

   We don’t have a land
   We don’t have a land line.

   And as far as I know they don’t do cell phone yet. Or at least not mine.

   • spdrun
     November 7, 2012 @ 8:46 PM

     I’ve had telemarketers of
     I’ve had telemarketers of various stripes call my mobile. Not sure about pollsters. Totally illegal, but it happens anyway.

     Oddly, for a while I was getting more junk calls on the mobile than the landline!

     • NotCranky
       November 7, 2012 @ 9:22 PM

       Gallup just called with their
       Gallup just called with their “weekly poll”. I just hung up …I feel terrible, that pollster is trying to work…maybe I’ll try *69.

     • Anonymous
       March 7, 2013 @ 10:58 PM

       I don’t answer the phone.
       I don’t answer the phone.

     • (former)FormerSanDiegan
       March 8, 2013 @ 9:33 AM

       I don’t answer any polls.
       Can
       I don’t answer any polls.

       Can you add that as a choice ?

   • spdrun
     November 7, 2012 @ 8:52 PM

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3. Cube
   November 7, 2012 @ 9:19 PM

   I can’t vote (in this poll).
   I can’t vote (in this poll). I’ve never been called by a political pollster (landline or cell).