Jul 15, 2012
Got a bad GOP-ish push poll, switched to the boiler room, and cut off when I asked too many questions. On CB I was told this was a CID mixup with "a nursing group". Put Political Call in quotes - gives a bad name to we statisticians and poll writers (independent and party-affiliated).
<btw> A thought for the day: There is NO SUCH THING as an "Independent" voter in the US. If you don't choose to be a member of the Democratic or Republican party, or dozens of local and state parties (AMONG the largest in the East: the Green Party, New York State's Conservative Party <the Liberal Party closed down a decade ago>; The Mao-ist Socialist Workers Party run by a U of Ct. proff., <the old unrelated CPUSA - Communist Party of the United States died with long-time head Gus Hall>, several groups calling themselves the Populist Party <ranging from neo-Nazis to left-of-center "do what the people want" folks>; and the fading fast Libertarian Party.)
Don't participate, or at least sign up for a party, you are an Unaffiliated Voter - I'm a member of one of the Big 2 - lets me help choose candidates, but vote all over the ticket if the best person isn't my party's pick - that makes many party members petty Independent and Affiliated too.