Just wondering about polling
 

With the diverse population of The Villages I am wondering if you can respond to this posting and say whether or not you have been "polled" about the upcoming Presidential Election. No affiliation just whether you have been polled or not. Let's say over the last 8-10 weeks. Just wondering! Just a yes or no response will do.

It depends on what you mean by that. If you mean any survey from any organization or entity, then yes - I've been polled several times. I'm a participant in a survey company and get points toward gift cards by answering surveys that I qualify for. Political surveys are pretty common.

Nope.

Nope. Don't believe in them - received a few in the mail but shreded them. When we get phone calls from unknowns or those we don't want to talk with we don't answer - had a couple of polling call attempts: nope.

No but quite a few requests for money from both sides of the aisle

no polling...but periodic requests to fill out a questionnaire and send money

No polling except for dewilson wanting to know what I like with my eggs.

No.

No but did receive mail asking for donation

You just polled all of us. So all the answers you get should be yes.
Lol

Yes

Yes by multiple organizations that I am affiliated with.

Yes

no-great question,

Yes.

Makes you wonder often about the validity of these polls. I am 63 years old. I have NEVER been called or written to participate.

Not I.

Yes

No
 

No. My entire adult life was in the U.S. Army - never polled once.

Political Polls are worthless and slanted to solicit the answers they want and poll demographic areas to get the responders they want!

Yes, but don't participate. I am curious about what criteria you use to characterize The Villages as "diverse"? I think of us as the opposite.

No participation.

Totally agree with Rich42 post.

I wonder how Clinton views the polls' value?

LOL How do you like your egs and with what. Not really interested but hey since you answered the question ☕😅

Your chances of being polled are very low. If you read the poll results you’ll see that the number of participants is in the hundreds. Statistically, if the polling companies frame the question and select the participants randomly, that’s a very adequate number to achieve a margin of error of +/- 3%.

You have to have a landline phone, so most polls you see are meaningless.

Never been polled here, there, or anywhere.

Poll
 

I have not been polled

Yes - several times a day.

Yes

Yes a few weeks ago Told they would contact me with follow up questions Never happened Guess they didn't like my answers

Polling
 

I receive polling questions fro RNC or a RNC affiliate weekly along with request for donation weekly they can not get blood from a stone. Annoying!

No I haven't

Honestly I don’t know. Unless I recognize a telephone number I don’t answer. If it’s important than the caller usually leaves a message. I haven’t had any recordings left by pollsters.

A lot of the so-called polling is actually workers from one party or another trying to identify your own party choice and interests in order to find the right handle to get you to make a donation or at least encourage you to vote. (If you are a member of the OTHER party, whatever that may be, they definitely do NOT want you to vote!) You can often tell by how questions are worded. Are the questions as non-judgmental as possible, or are they worded in a tricky way to elicit an emotional response or get you to agree to something you don’t really agree with? Even television network polls do this.

For example, does the “pollster” ask:
“Do you believe people on welfare are draining our income and ruining our country?”
Or
“Do you believe the government should do more to bring an end to the horrors of poverty?”

“Do you believe your precious Second Amendment rights to own firearms and protect your family are at risk?”
Or
“Do you believe people buying guns should have a criminal background check done before they receive the weapons?”

“Do you believe unborn babies should have a right to life?”
Or
“Do you believe a pregnant woman should have control of her body and have the right to choose what is done with it?”

I’m sure you could judge from the answers, as could any fake “pollster”, whether the person on the phone is a sucker who might be convinced to make a donation.

Even when pollsters are trained and taking real polls, of course, the wording of questions can have a BIG effect on the results. Both liberals and conservatives word questions at times to elicit a desired response. Some pollsters are trying to be as unbiased as possible, but others are not.

Polls are sometimes pretty reliable, but often they aren’t. Be careful who you talk to and who you believe. As for election polls, it’s not over until all the votes have been counted.

FYI - formerly from Upstate NY. I am "Polled" regularly by both the Quinnipiac and Siena pollsters on various topics, most recently the 2020 presidential race.

I've never been asked to participate in a poll, be it for a dishwashing detergent or political candidate. I don't contribute to political causes am not on those solicitation email lists. I occasionally will get some sort of party exhortation via snail mail.

With today flood of robots call, we do not answer the phone unless we recognize the caller. No we have not been polled

Nope
 

But I'd hang up on them should I get a call. It's my business who I vote for, not anyone else. Think that is why there was such a surprise at the last Presidential election?

As a liberal democrat
 

I can safely say diverse isn’t a word I would use to describe the villages lol 81 happy and my blood pressure stays normal all the time

No! I have not been surveyed directly.