# Just got polled **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928 "2016-11-07T01:45:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928/1 "2016-11-07T01:45:25Z")
ABC/Washington Post poll. I have a vague memory of having been polled once before for an election many years ago. These guys called yesterday, but I was in the bathroom and by the time I got to my phone, they’d hung up. I was thinking what I would tell them if they called back and decided I’d claim I was going to write in Michelle Obama. Totally forgot about that when they did call. Who else has gotten polled in this election? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928/2 "2016-11-07T02:06:54Z")
I’ve had two phone calls from Gallup (about issues but not about specific candidates) and more “surveys” than I can count. I actually blocked one organization because they were calling something like twice a week and their questions were biased. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928/3 "2016-11-07T02:22:30Z")
I guess you guys don’t live in a swing state. I don’t even answer my phone anymore. Not to mention the constant emails from Hillary, Obama, Michelle, Bill, Chelsea, Biden, Kaine, and all their surrogates. Wednesday can’t come soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928/4 "2016-11-07T02:26:08Z")
Are these on land lines? I don’t have one any more, so no phone calls. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928/5 "2016-11-07T03:27:30Z")
The only phone I have is a cell, so not having a land line won’t keep you from being polled. But Oregon is not a swing state, so we don’t get polled much here. It was unusual for here, but I guess not if I lived in Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928/6 "2016-11-07T03:58:49Z")
I guess I’m not likely to get any calls in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928/7 "2016-11-07T11:54:19Z")
I don’t answer numbers I don’t recognize, so if any pollsters called, then went right to voicemail. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928/8 "2016-11-08T02:20:56Z")
Arkansas. Lisa from Card Services calls. There’s no problem with my credit card. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928/9 "2016-11-08T04:53:55Z")
I wouldn’t want to be polled because nobody would recognize me without my horns. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928/10 "2016-11-08T08:27:41Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > I wouldn’t want to be polled because nobody would recognize me without my horns. I’m a-palled at that joke. ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928/11 "2016-11-08T13:11:11Z")
Actually, if you’ve ever BEEN polled, you know just how painful that can be! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-polled/770928/12 "2016-11-08T15:15:22Z")
I’ve gotten a number of polls on my landline but none on my cell. I’m in Illinois but I guess the GOP is targeting the Democratic state senator in my district so most of the polls have been about that.