The phone rings, as it seldom does, and I answer it to hear a very chipper young man ask me if I know who I'm voting for in November. I answer in the affirmative. He asks if I mind telling him. I say, "yes, I mind telling you." He sounded not so chipper after that.
WTF is up with that? Last time I knew my vote was private.
That's the trouble with being a registered Independent. Now I'm considered fair game.
bah.
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Oh, you ripped the scab off a four year old wound here! You weren't called because you're and Indie, you were called because you're a registered voter. In this country, we're hooked on daily polls and this is how pollsters get their info.
I worked the phones in Senator Kerry's Presidential campaign and had far more luck dialing for dollars than polling. I always ended the day sad and exhausted after being hung up on, again and again, by people who hate pollsters. I asked those in charge to please not make me do polling again, but they insisted it was important. I see those running campaigns this time around feel the same way.
But as the ones who made (me) and receive (you) such calls, I see WE wish they'd just stop.
"37% of people polled say that they'd rather vote for John McCain than see the new chihuahua movie."
I just made up that statistic, but if you consider all the people that hang up, vs. all the people who answer the polls, you have to wonder how scientifically accurate any of them can be. But we love numbers, so the pollsters will keep calling. It's easier than printing hard news, anyway.
Boy, if I ever answered the phone and someone was asking me who I was voting for, and if they got mad at me for whatever reason, that would tick me off, too.
Thankfully your vote is private in America... unless you tell anyone.
I've recently allowed Caller ID into my life. If I don't know who's calling, they can leave a message!
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