# How can polling be partisan?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 9, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-polling-be-partisan/608879 "2012-01-09T01:53:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-polling-be-partisan/608879/21 "2012-01-14T20:51:11Z")

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Another common occurrence is that organizations will use polls as stealth advertisements. For example, I had a telemarker friend who had the unfortunate task of administering a really horrible poll with questions like “Have you heard of the allegations that candidate X is a child molester?” and “What do you think of the fact that candidate X cheated on his wife?”

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