General Discussion

I thought they stopped at just writing the questions so that they encourage certain responses. Or timing their calls when certain respondents would answer certain ways. Or focusing their calling maps to areas that would mostly respond certain ways. Or repeat calling certain previously polled numbers they know will respond certain ways. Or cutting off their calling when the responses reach their desired outcome. Or any number of other tricks to assure the poll will satisfy, and therefore be purchased by, the specific media source they intend to sell the poll results to, or have already "contracted" for desired results.