My 13 year old just got polled on her cell phone.

[aroach]

She said she had a lot of fun answering their questions. I'm wondering if one of the questions was whether or not she was old enough to vote.

She says she doesn't know who it was doing the polling and when I asked her if they were leading questions she really didn't know what I meant by that. Darn.

[snooper2]

1. what did the calling line id show, I'll look it up

[aroach]

3. Unknown

It didn't show up on caller id. Maybe it will show up on her phone records though. I'll log in to AT&T and see.

[DonViejo]

2. I'm sure your daughter was thrilled by the call but,

that one call does a lot to undermine the validity of polls.

[aroach]

4. Agree

I agree that she should have told them she was a minor but I didn't find out about the call until it was completed. There are a lot of children and teenagers with cell phones and if she had been at school today she'd have gotten in trouble for the call. I guess there is no way of knowing which cell phone numbers belong to minors though.

[DonViejo]

6. Please do not take my previous comment for a chastisement of

your daughter. If the comment came across that way, I sincerely apologize. My focus was more to the issue of how the polling firm undermines its own credibility by polling our rug rats!

[aroach]

7. No Worries

I did not take offense or take your comment in a negative manner. Since they didn't poll me and she probably just parroted things she's heard me say it was actually fairly accurate but they should be taking steps to avoid polling minors.

[liskddksil]

8. Yeah but no more than the Gravis Marketings, Rasmussens of the world

are undermining the public's trust in polling, by what they produce. In the case of Suffolk by the asinine statements of its director.

[Lex]

5. Probably a push-poll, which isn't a legitimate poll but more of an ad pushing

the views of whatever candidate it is who is paying for the push-poll.