Reply #11: I work for Gallup doing interviews

[Deadgnome]

And I can assure you that those that are calling themselves Independent are not true independents. Instead they are just life-long Republicans that think it is a cool thing to say because the Becks, Limbaughs, Savages, and Ingrams of the world tell their viewers it daily.

The funny thing about this data is that they never show our follow-up question we ask on the demographics. When we ask if someone is Republican, Democrat or Independent and they say that they are Independent the follow-up question is "Do you lean to either the Republican or Democratic party" Most quote "Independents" I am finding are saying that they are more closely identified with the Republican party. The kicker is the very next question asks "Do you consider your political beliefs to be Very Conservative, Conservative, Moderate, Liberal, or Very Liberal?" Most that I find that say they are Independent again fall in the Conservative to Very Conservative coding.

It's absurd how the media is using these polls. They aren't accurate for one (plus minus 4, but I'd beg to say more like 10), the target demographic is stacked on any particular day, we call the South ALOT, a vast majority of our target market are either stay at home moms, the unemployed, the retired, the psychotic one way or another (You haven't lived until you spend 30 minutes doing a 10 minute survey with a paranoid schizophrenic), and generally lonely people that are widowed or single that do not have anyone to talk to and generally watch a lot of television.

You'd be surprised how many people actually say that they watch FOX News and think they are informed. I have to mute and laugh constantly as a result. I have people telling me that they were never political and have never voted, nor cared about politics, but now they do because the Commies are coming. And yes, they say Commies and far worse, even when I remind them they are being recorded.

Oh well, this party isn't legitimate, and most decent Americans will not buy this bullshit. Wait until campaign season gets into full swing and you see 10 of these fuck-rags trying to suck the teat of an underemployed populous for donations. I have a feeling that these people aren't smart enough to know that you shouldn't flood a particular seat with oodles of potential candidates. Just wait until you see the brilliance in their campaign ads, slogans, etc. If their protest signs are any indication it should be interesting to say the least. I'm sure that in 2 months time we will see borderline if not full-blown racist, homophobic, isolationist, xeno-phobic, sociopathic, etc. etc. etc. mantras coming from these candidates and the general, decent-minded population will spit in their general direction, that or just do the opposite of what these imbeciles want, which is to vote for the other guy. They are playing with fire here and don't understand that there is a solid base of Democrats that will vote against these folks and the Republican side of the aisle will be busy dividing up their votes all while simply shooting themselves in the feet Nader style.

And even if they do win a few seats, can you imagine a REAL "Good ol boy," Joe the Plumber, poorly educated malcontent actually being able to function in Washington? I surely can't.