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      <![CDATA[i don't see anything like "family values" or "sanctity of marriage" or similar dog whistle calls to evangelicals polluting his website, so that's a huge plus in my book.
        
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      <![CDATA[The guy is a total slug that's trying to ride on his daddy's coattails.
        
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      <![CDATA[Push polls use leading questions, with the intention of reporting skewed results... that doesn't mean that *every* poll which asks leading questions is a push poll. <br>
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  As already pointed out, there may be other goals in mind, such as looking for anomalies when a specific item is brought up, so as to identify areas to be avoided or emphasized in future advertising.<br>
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  'Would you be less likely to approve of President Lincoln if you knew he was going to force your daughters to marry freed slaves?', is a push poll question.<br>
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  'Would you be more likely to approve of President Lincon if he were clean shaven?', is a survey item.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[tomguleff]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Wikipedia explains what a "push poll" is:<br>
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A push poll is a political campaign technique in which an individual or organization attempts to influence or alter the view of respondents under the guise of conducting a poll. (see Wintermute's link above).
        
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      <![CDATA[Yeah, I'm not so sure I buy into this as a push poll. A push poll is generally more about spreading a negative message.
        
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      <![CDATA[I'm thinking rutledd1 is right, the push polling I'm familiar with usually includes questions more along the lines of the 'Would you be more or less likely to approve of/vote for Candidate X if he said he had stopped beating his wife?' sort of thing.
        
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      <![CDATA[Message testing. I like that term.
        
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      <![CDATA[There's a distinction between push-polling and message testing. It was almost certainly an internal poll being run, but the fact that they only tested positives on McWherter rather than discussing negatives on the others makes it seem less like a push poll.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Wintermute]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I thought I had a post on push polling.<br>
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<a href="http://dailydocket.blogspot.com/2006/08/have-you-been-push-polled.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://dailydocket.blogspot.com/2006/08/ha&hellip;</a>
        
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      <![CDATA[First off, you can't believe poll results, unless they favor your candidate. Campaigning 101
        
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