Have you ever gotten a telephone call at home from a pollster or survey researchers? |
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Have you ever agreed to be polled?
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Yes:
80%
No:
9%
I have never received such a call:
11%
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Was the most recent phone poll you received about a political candidate or issue, or for a consumer product/commercial service? |
Political candidate/issue:
65%
Product/service:
23%
I have never been polled by phone:
12%
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What is the longest you have ever remained on the phone answering a poll or survey? |
A few minutes at most:
27%
About ten minutes:
35%
About twenty minutes:
19%
About a half hour, or longer:
6%
I have never participated in a telephone survey:
13%
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Which of the following ways of contact is most likely to convince you to participate in a survey?
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Automated telephone call:
2%
Live telephone call:
39%
Door-to-door:
4%
In-person solicitation in a public place:
5%
Internet:
41%
Mail-in:
9%
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Do you think most people generally tell the truth to political pollsters? |
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How about you? Would you most likely tell the truth to a political pollster? |
Yes, to the best of my ability:
67%
Yes, more or less:
15%
Yes, to the substantive questions but I might fudge on some of the personal questions like my income or age:
13%
No:
5%
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Are you more likely to answer questions truthfully from a caller who seems to be of your race or ethnicity? |
Yes:
7%
No:
4%
It doesn't matter:
89%
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Are you more likely to answer questions truthfully from a male or from a female caller? |
Male:
1%
Female:
4%
It doesn't matter:
95%
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Be honest: Do political polls ever influence how you vote? |
Yes, I'm more likely to get out to vote if the polls show my candidate is losing:
4%
Yes, I'm more likely to get out to vote if the polls show my candidate is winning:
1%
Yes, I'm more likely to get out to vote if the polls show the race is close:
5%
Yes, I am more likely to vote for whatever candidate the polls show is leading:
1%
No, polls don't influence my vote:
90%
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Did our saying "be honest" in the previous question make you answer more honestly?
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Have you read or heard much about political polls in the presidential or gubernatorial races this year? |
Yes:
87%
No, not very much:
11%
No, not at all:
2%
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Many political polls now show Barack Obama and Jay Nixon winning their respective elections for US President and Missouri Governor. How much faith do you have these polls are accurate right now?
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The polls are right about both of them:
49%
The polls are right about at least one of them:
40%
The polls are wrong about both of them:
11%
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Many political polls now show Barack Obama and Jay Nixon winning their respective elections for US President and Missouri Governor. How much faith do you have these polls accurately reflect who will be the winners on Election Day? |
The polls are right about both of them:
42%
The polls are right about at least one of them:
46%
The polls are wrong about both of them:
12%
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How often do you check the source and methodology of the different polls you read or hear about? |
All the time:
13%
Sometimes:
50%
Never:
37%
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Which of the following sources of political polls do you think are generally the most likely to be the most accurate? |
Polls conducted by the mainstream news media:
24%
Polls conducted by the candidates themselves:
5%
Polls conducted by universities:
31%
Polls conducted third-party groups interested in various campaign issues:
20%
National Cookie Polls conducted by the Retail Bakers Association:
20%
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Which of the following reasons would give you the biggest reason to doubt the accuracy of this year's political polls? |
A lot of people with cell phones are not being polled:
31%
A lot of newly registered people are not being polled:
16%
A lot of people lie to pollsters when race and gender are issues:
29%
I have no real reason to doubt political polls this year:
24%
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How often do you forward the weekly MayorSlay.com poll to your friends (or enemies)? |
Always:
1%
Sometimes:
11%
Occasionally:
17%
Never:
43%
I haven't thought of it before, but I might do so in the future:
29%
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