I had a not great day Sunday. Little under the weather was Anon. You might remember how I extolled on the aspect of technology that gave us caller ID. I love caller ID. On Sunday, caller ID was a godsend.

First of all, it’s the season of political calls. I’m not against answering real poll questions, but I hate ‘push’ polls. Those are fake polls that don’t want a real measure of public opinion the people behind these “polls” just want to “push” you to vote for their candidate, against the opponent, or to not vote at all. These so-called polls are anathema to a representative form of governing.

Fortunately, because I have a degree in Political Science, I can tell the difference and I’m not shy about pointing that fact out to the boiler room denizens who have the misfortune of being at the other end of the line from me. I usually ream them a new one.

The other thing I can’t stand are legitimate polls that haven’t trained their people properly. There is a way to run a poll professionally and it makes me nuts to hear it get screwed up. (more…)