I answered the phone to a person asking for a public opinion poll. I’m always wondering where they find all these people when I see the results of these polls, so I thought I’d participate.
It was somewhat embarrassing that the call was about a state congress-people for my district, and I had no idea who they were. So I answered truthfully. It was fun. What made it fun was the hearing the way the questions were worded about issues important in Multnomah County.
The questions often omitted how one of the candidates would have voted on hot issues like gay marriage, taxes, and logging. Not only that, the questions seemed way to simple and loaded to be of much use, but I’m sure it was intentional.
So now you know when you see a local public opinion poll about “the issues,” I’m one of the idiots that took part. Maybe its only me that takes comfort in that.