Did we really need to know two years in advance -- heck, one year or even six months or three months in advance -- who people planned to vote for? And who are these people? I don't know about all of you, but I don't answer my phone unless I know the name or number that flashes up on the Caller ID screen. And if for some reason I do pick up the phone and it's some pollster, I typically dismiss the person.
So who are the pollsters polling? Yes, yes, I know about the whole "registered voter" versus "likely voter" versus "undecided voter" thing. But what about "lying voters," which must make up a large percent of those polled (i.e., people who just want to f**k with the pollsters, and I've known a few)? So how do we know we can even trust these polls?!
So please, Pew, Gallup, Rasmussen, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and the rest of you, we the people are begging you, give it a rest. We don't need a poll every other fickin' day.
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I worked at the Harris Poll in college. You would be AMAZED at how willing people were to talk to me.
My fav was after a rather long poll (30 minutes) I told the woman that she could get back to her baby (crying in the background), "That's my goat).
I learned that America is vast and diverse-VERY!!!
Wonder what it takes to make a goat cry? I'll call a bunch of people and ask them what they think.
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