[EL] Political Polling

[Larry Levine]

Legitimate political polls don't use automated voices and push button
responses. That's totally unscientific.

Larry 

 

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Todd
Lang
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 1:29 PM
To: Lisa Danetz; Rick Hasen; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] Political Polling

 

I received the same call out here in Arizona.   I think it is just a scam to
get your credit card # for the "free cruise."    Hang up.

 

-Todd Lang

 

 

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa
Danetz
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 2:09 PM
To: Rick Hasen; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: [EL] Political Polling

 

While working from home today, I received a phone call on my house phone
asking me to take a political survey and promising me a free 2-day cruise to
the Bahamas if I completed it.  I took the survey but hung up rather than
"push 1 to be connected to the travel expert."

 

This seemed to me to be a rather expensive incentive to complete a survey
(unless perhaps most people hang up as I did). Is this a normal practice or
used for particular types of polls?  I wondered whether it was a push poll
since we have a primary in Massachusetts tomorrow.

 

Thanks,

Lisa

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