[EL] Political Polling

[Larry Levine]

How come I’m the only one who hasn’t gotten this call? 

Larry

 

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Edward Still
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 2:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [EL] Political Polling

 

I have gotten the same call within the last week or so. Our primary is on not-so-Super Tuesday, 13 March. I hung up as soon as the voice said I would get a cruise. I figured, "yeah, right."


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On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Larry Levine <larrylevine at earthlink.net> wrote:

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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