# Has anyone here ever been polled? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 7, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391 "2024-08-07T21:08:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TeroSunbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terosunbear/32/14748_2.png) [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/21 "2024-08-08T15:08:59Z")
That sort of polling reaches me. And if you ever give money they disguise begging texts as polls. But I do not count them as polls at all. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/22 "2024-08-08T15:14:48Z")
> Has anyone here ever been polled? I assumed everyone here would answer “yes”. Polled: lacking horns, either naturally or because they have been removed. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/23 "2024-08-08T15:18:28Z")
Canadian with no land line here: I occasionally get the calls, and I don’t mind answering. Sometimes it’s automated, often it’s a human who asks ahead of time if I’ve got fifteen minutes to answer a pile of questions. They’ve typically been about federal or provincial parties, during the runup to an election. I’m happy to do it. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/24 "2024-08-08T16:09:31Z")
I realize it’s been a long time since the last poll because of who was running for governor then and I have a clear memory that I was still talking on a regular phone on a land line. I still get political calls, ‘please vote’ and ‘give us your money’ type calls, but I don’t even answer the phone now unless I recognize the caller by name or number. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/25 "2024-08-08T16:58:52Z")
I dunno. I never answer numbers that aren’t on my contact list, and the few that leave voicemail aren’t pollers. I don’t know how widespread my protocol is, but it makes me wonder where pollsters are finding the data. Are they online surveys attached to political-based websites? Are these responses from people addicted to surveys? Are they using AI to collect social media posts that have political names as keywords? ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/26 "2024-08-08T17:00:21Z")
Idk. Do these forty-seven bazillion texts I’ve been getting asking me if I’ll vote for Kamala and trying to make me put in my email address to submit my answer count? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/27 "2024-08-09T02:03:54Z")
> [@Apodder](#): > > Do these forty-seven bazillion texts I’ve been getting asking me if I’ll vote for Kamala and trying to make me put in my email address to submit my answer count? No, polls aren’t quite like that. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/28 "2024-08-09T02:18:18Z")
Never here also. I’d really like to see what modern polling methods are used these days as it seems respondents would fit a certain demographic. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/29 "2024-08-11T05:06:01Z")
I just got a formal poll request from my union, so I completed it. Spoiler: I’m voting for Harris. (There were a bunch more questions, but that’s the upshot) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/30 "2024-08-11T05:13:41Z")
I was Gallup-polled quite a few years ago; it was a booklet with a bunch of questions about the USPS, and I was honored to be randomly chosen, so I filled it out and sent it in. I’m sure I’ve been politically polled. My brother was exit-polled a while back, and deliberately gave them all wrong answers. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/31 "2024-08-11T05:13:42Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Once long ago was an obvious push poll. Once when I lived in Massachusetts I got one of those. I initially agreed to respond, but when the questions became obviously biased, I told them “no thanks” and hung up. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/32 "2024-08-11T13:20:31Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > My brother was exit-polled a while back, and deliberately gave them all wrong answers. Hmm. An exit poll is primarily to determine demographics. Hopefully he prevaricated on his gender and age and race, as well as who he voted for, so it all evened out 😀 I’ve been push-polled, but do not recall ever being legitimately polled. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/33 "2024-08-11T19:44:31Z")
He lied about who he voted for. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/34 "2024-08-11T20:05:14Z")
I used to get polled from time to time. Haven’t in a while. I wonder if that’s because of nomorobo, or because my state isn’t that interesting politically right now. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/35 "2024-08-11T20:08:04Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Never. > > I’d venture to guess that they’re more common in battleground states. Never here too and I am not in a battle ground state at all. In addition, I do not have a landline and my cell phone is pretty aggressive at rejecting spam calls. Further, I pretty much never answer calls from numbers I do not recognize. If it is important the caller can leave a message and I will call back (but they never do). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/36 "2024-08-11T20:36:28Z")
I get calls on occasion and multiple texts. Since I can’t verify who is calling I refuse to answer. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391/37 "2024-08-11T20:43:57Z")
About 2 times. One from a McCain/Palin booster, an obvious push-poll. Another regular poll but was just so annoying to participate due to the tightly structured/scripted nature of it read in a mind-numbing drone by an inarticulate speaker. After hearing every question I instinctively gave an answer only to have to hear the whole formatted spiel “Would you be more likely, slightly less likely, neutral, slightly unlikely, mostly unlikely…” It was so tedious I excused myself and politely ended the call. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-polled/1005391.md?page=1)