Have you ever read an article in which the results of a poll by Marist
College were quoted? I just now answered the phone and found a pollster from
Marist Collete who wanted to ask me questions about my political views.
Because I am attempting to influence this election in any way I can, I
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, they're both from New York.
The real question was, I suppose, "Who do you like better?. There was 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 reading the questions could barely read.
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
