Absolutely. They wanted to make certain points about New York voters in the
presidential primary. By the way, they also asked about my income range and
there was a question designed to see how religious I am.
Miriam
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Decide what the answer is and then design the questionnaire!
On 4/9/2016 10:15 AM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
Have you ever read an article in which the results of a poll by Maristpolitical views.
College were quoted? I just now answered the phone and found a
pollster from Marist Collete who wanted to ask me questions about my
Because I am attempting to influence this election in any way I can, Ithey're both from New York.
decided to answer the questions. However, the questions are written in
such a way that one can't give one's actual views. So when you hear
the results of these polls, remember that the answers are the ones
that the pollsters want to report. One of them was, "Who do you think
is the real New Yorker, Bernie Sanderes or Donald Trump? Now obviously,
The real question was, I suppose, "Who do you like better?. There wasreading the questions could barely read.
a question about what kind of job do I think Obama is doing, good or
bad. I said he's done some good things and some bad things and asked
if there was an alternative for, "mixed good and bad", but of course,
there wasn't. I had to pick. There was a question about whom I would
vote for if Clinton or Trump were the choices, and I said "neither". I
told him I would vote for the Green Party candidate. That choice
wasn't on the form. I don't know what he did about that. Also, the person
Really, he had great difficulty. And when he got to questions about my
religion, he didn't know how to pronounce, "Evangelical". So given
this experience, I'd view these polls with a good deal of skepticism.
Miriam
