# Do you lie in polls? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 19, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282 "2010-09-19T13:57:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/1 "2010-09-19T13:57:03Z")
Inspired by [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578568) ( 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/2 "2010-09-19T14:58:29Z")
you bet 😃 As Bug Bunny would say, “Ain’t I a stinker”? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/3 "2010-09-19T15:04:22Z")
I don’t always lie and I don’t always tell the truth. The preceding statement is not paradoxical. Therefore, none of the options work for me. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/4 "2010-09-19T16:00:04Z")
Of course I lie. You can trust me on that, depending. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/5 "2010-09-19T16:27:26Z")
I picked yes as the safe answer. I don’t recall ever lying in a poll but if I did than my answer would be yes. And if I hadn’t ever lied in a poll before then I have now so my answer is still yes. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/6 "2010-09-19T16:40:58Z")
No, but I might be lying. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/7 "2010-09-19T16:44:58Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I don’t always lie and I don’t always tell the truth. The preceding statement is not paradoxical. Therefore, none of the options work for me. I sometimes agree with this, but not all the time. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/8 "2010-09-20T12:43:19Z")
oh, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/9 "2010-09-20T13:40:56Z")
Usually I tell the truth – until they start asking stupid questions, or I see it’s a push poll. They I go wild. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/10 "2010-09-20T15:22:23Z")
I haven’t lied in any SDMB polls that I can think of, but I happily lie to people who want to question me on the street or over the phone. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/11 "2010-09-20T15:22:32Z")
I always lie, even now. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/12 "2010-09-20T15:43:52Z")
No, I do. Yes, I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/13 "2010-09-20T16:33:16Z")
No. I don’t see a point in doing so. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/14 "2010-09-20T16:35:45Z")
I voted ‘yes’, because I lied in this poll for the first time ever. I’m not entirely clear on whether that counts. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/15 "2010-09-20T16:39:45Z")
I voted for all three because it was multiple choice. (In SDMB Polls I usually tell the truth) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/16 "2010-09-20T16:49:59Z")
> [@SCSimmons](#): > > I voted ‘yes’, because I lied in this poll for the first time ever. Me too. What would be the point of telling the truth in this particular poll? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/17 "2010-09-20T17:34:23Z")
> [@SCSimmons](#): > > I voted ‘yes’, because I lied in this poll for the first time ever. > > I’m not entirely clear on whether that counts. My head hurts… ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/18 "2010-09-20T18:06:13Z")
I always refuse to participate - which skews the results right there. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/19 "2010-09-20T19:32:01Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > > [@SCSimmons](#): > > > > I voted ‘yes’, because I lied in this poll for the first time ever. > > Me too. What would be the point of telling the truth in this particular poll? Because you’re establishing a precedent. We now know that 27% of all SDMB posters lie in polls, thanks to this poll. All data in other polls will have to be adjusted accordingly. Although one must account for the 27% who lied about whether they lie in polls or not… ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282/20 "2010-09-20T21:10:34Z")
I try to, but I often find the little booth isn’t really big enough. And any way, my local polling place is an elementary school, and who wants to lie on an elementary school cafeteria floor? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lie-in-polls/554282.md?page=2)