Mini Poll: A Poll About Polls
Current Totals:
Have you ever gotten a telephone call at home from a pollster or survey researcher?
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Have you ever agreed to be polled?
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Yes:
82%
No:
10%
I haven't been called:
8%
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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?
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Political candidate/issue:
63%
Product/service/radio station:
26%
I haven't been polled:
10%
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What is the longest you have ever remained on the phone answering a poll or survey?
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A few minutes, at most:
29%
About ten minutes:
39%
About twenty minutes:
15%
About a half hour, or longer:
5%
I have never participated in a phone survey:
12%
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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 phone call:
3%
Live phone call:
35%
Door-to-door:
2%
In-person solicitation in a public place:
6%
E-mail:
36%
Tweet or Facebook request:
3%
Finding it on a website:
5%
A letter in the mail:
10%
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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?
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Yes, to the best of my ability:
73%
Yes, more or less:
18%
Yes on the substantitive questions, but I might fudge on my age or income:
4%
Nope:
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?
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Yes:
5%
No:
6%
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?
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Male:
2%
Female:
5%
It doesn't matter:
93%
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Be honest now. Do political polls ever influence whether or not you vote?
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Yes, I am more likely to vote if the polls show my candidate really needs my vote to win:
10%
Yes, I am more likely to vote if the polls show my candidate is going to win:
1%
Yes, I am more likely to stay home if my candidate is going to lose:
1%
No, polls do not influence whether or not I vote:
88%
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Did our saying "be honest" in the previous question make you think about answering a different way?
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Have you read or heard much about political polls in the US Senate race in Missouri this year?
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Yes:
62%
No, not very much:
21%
No, not much at all:
18%
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Do you think that the candidates now ahead in the polls in Missouri races for the US Senate and US House of Representatives will win on Election Day?
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Yes, all of them:
23%
Not all of them:
75%
No, none of them:
2%
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How often do you check the source and methodology of the different polls you read or hear about?
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Always:
10%
Sometimes:
55%
Never:
35%
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Which of the following sources of political polls do you think are generally the most likely to be accurate?
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Polls conducted by the mainstream media:
18%
Polls conducted by the campaigns themselves:
5%
Polls conducted by university political science departments:
73%
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How often do you forward the weekly MayorSlay.com poll to your friends (or enemies) or Tweet a link to it?
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Always:
1%
Often:
8%
Hardly ever:
21%
Never:
57%
I haven't thought of it before, but I will this time:
12%
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Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.
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