I found their website and wrote an email to them, telling them that given
how they construct their questions, their polls can't give an accurate
picture of the people their polling. But of course, I doubt that they want
an accurate picture.
Miriam
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I've gone through the poll experience too. They never have the choices that
I want to make and the pollster always does not know how to handle my
answers. For example: "Are you very conservative, conservative, liberal or
very liberal?"
"Radical left."
"Are you very conservative, conservative, liberal or very liberal?"
"Radical left."
This can go on quite a while and that is just one example. The next question
also does not have my answer as a choice and the pollster doesn't know what
to do.
On 4/9/2016 12:15 PM, 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
