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Current Events » in reply to Re: My general rule of thumb is that all online polls are crap.

I've developed a healthy suspicion of all polls, although some are more reliable than others.

I've taken a few on the phone, and it's obvious the questions are gently "cooked" to get a certain response. If the pollster is a real person, I'm nice about it. They're just doing this for a living, and the questions aren't their fault. Sometimes we both have a laugh about them.

Usually I just hang up (politely, if it's a real person). It's good to remember that all polls reflect that population that doesn't hang up the phone and say "Bug off, I've got a life."

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