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	Push poll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Push polls are generally viewed as a form of negative campaigning.
		Perhaps the most famous alleged use of push polls is in the 2000 United States Republican Party primaries, when it was alleged that George W. Bush's campaign used push polling to torpedo the campaign of Senator John McCain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Push_poll (438 words)

	Opinion poll -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Opinion polls are (A detailed critical inspection) surveys of opinion using ((statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study) sampling.
		All polls based on representative samples have a (An index indicating the amount beyond the minimum necessary) margin of error, which is a function of the number of people polled.
		Since the margin of error differs with the percentage estimated, though, and margins of error in polls are usually estimated as the largest possible, the margin of error may not be a good guide to the accuracy of the specific percentage estimated.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/op/opinion_poll.htm (1201 words)

	NCPP - National Council on Public Polls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A "Push Poll" is a telemarketing technique in which telephone calls are used to canvass vast numbers of potential voters, feeding them false and damaging "information" about a candidate under the guise of taking a poll to see how this "information" effects voter preferences.
		In fact, the intent is to "push" the voters away from one candidate and toward the opposing candidate.
		The results of "Push Polls" should never be reported by the media, but the use of such polls by a candidate may, of course, be a legitimate news story.
	www.ncpp.org /push.htm (309 words)

	ipedia.com: Push poll Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A push poll is a campaign technique where a telephone poll is designed not to gather information but rather to alter the views of a voter.
		Perhaps the most famous alleged use of push polls is in the 2000 United States Republican Party primaries where it was alleged that George W. Bush's campaign used push polls to torpedo the campaign of Senator John McCain.
		The main advantage of push polls is that they are an effective way of maligning an opponent while still preserving remaining free of the negative campaigning tag that voters dislike.
	www.ipedia.com /push_poll.html (468 words)

	CBS News \| The Truth About Push Polls \| February 14, 2000 18:06:05
		A push poll is political telemarketing masquerading as a poll.
		These polls, which are not push polls, are conducted for the same reasons market and advertising researchers do their work: to see what kinds of themes and packages move the public.
		A lot of the push poll complaints that come to the attention of organizations like the National Council on Public Polls and the American Association for Public Opinion Research [national associations of survey researchers who try to uphold standards in their fields] are complaints about real candidate polls.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/02/14/politics/main160398.shtml (743 words)

	Push polls - dKosopedia
		A push poll will be introduced like a poll on the phone, but it will be short and contain only negative messages about the opponent and/or positive messages about the candidate.
		This is the statement on push polling of the American Association of Public Opinion Researchers: "A push poll is a form of negative campaigning disguised as a political poll that is designed to influence voters' opinions, not measure them.
		Push polls go beyond the ethical boundaries of political polling and bombard voters with problematic statements about candidates or issues in an effort to manufacture negative voter attitudes." AAPOR Statement on "Push Polls." May 19, 2004.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Push_polls (237 words)

	Push poll - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A push poll is where, using the guise of opinion polling, disinformation about a candidate or issue is planted in the minds of those being 'surveyed'.
		The idea of using polls to have a political impact was devised by Hans Haacke as a radical artistic exercise in 1969.
		Daniel R. Morrow, "Karl Rove: Prince of Push Polling (http://www.webdelsol.com/The_Potomac/politics-rove.htm)", The Potomac, December 17, 2003.
	www.sourcewatch.org /wiki.phtml?title=Push_poll (508 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Vt. / Dubie says he has no role in what's being called push poll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Polling is a staple in many campaigns but it can come in a number of different guises.
		And there is push polling that uses a series of questions that try to cast a candidate in a bad light or shift a person's opinion by giving flattering information about one and uncomplimentary statements about another.
		A push poll is sometimes is used to test a line of attack against an opponent, to determine whether it would be effective in advertising, for example.
	www.boston.com /news/local/vermont/articles/2004/10/01/poll_raises_questions_about_dubie_tactics?mode=PF (893 words)

	NCPP - National Council on Public Polls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Results of other polls – by a newspaper or television station, a public survey firm or even a candidate's opponent – should be used to check and contrast poll results you have in hand.
		If the poll shows a continued decline in consumer confidence even though leading economic indicators have improved, your report might include some analysis of whether or not people see improvement in their daily economic lives even though the indicators are on the rise.
		If the poll was conducted correctly, and you have been able to obtain the information outlined here, your news judgment and that of your editors should be applied to polls, as it is to every other element of a story.
	www.ncpp.org /qajsa.htm (4998 words)

	MyWestTexas.com - Local News - 01/31/2004 - Sparring begins over push polls
		Push polls have a nasty reputation for presenting false or misleading information in the guise of a political poll.
		Sparks said he was the victim of a push poll on the night before the election, though he declined to surmise who conducted it.
		The poll was conducted Jan. 19, and Sparks said he had no time to give a response before voters visited the polls.
	www.mywesttexas.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10896265&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=475626&rfi=6 (1301 words)

	Stones Cry Out: Mystery Pollster on Schiavo "Push Poll" Charge
		A push poll is not a poll at all but rather a form of fraud - an effort to spread an untrue or salacious rumor under the guise of legitimate research.
		Perhaps the polls should have said that Terri was "severely brain damaged" and that her "court appointed doctors" do not believe that she can improve (both accurate and fair statements at an appropriate level of wording).
		Poll as that term should be reserved for acts of deviousness.
	www.stonescryout.org /archives/2005/03/mystery_pollste.html (1220 words)

	Campaigns & Elections: What Are Push Polls, Anyway? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		With so-called push polls, the objective is to reach a high percentage of voters, usually at the close of the election.
		Push questions -- as opposed to so-called "push polling" -- are recognized by all the major associations and leading political consultants as a valid and legitimate research tool for the purposes of testing ad messages and examining the collective viewpoints of electorate subgroups.
		The problem is that the questions used in push polls often sound similar to those used as push questions to test campaign messages in legitimate polls.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2519/is_4_21/ai_62410241 (1248 words)

	Encyclopedia: Push poll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A poll is either an election or a survey of a particular group.
		Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth parents.
		Polling Politics is the process and method of gaining or maintaining support for public or common action: the conduct of decision-making for groups.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Push-poll (689 words)

	Brown says he would restrict 'push polls' - billingsgazette.com
		A spokesman for RGA denied the effort was a "push poll," which tries to steer the respondent away from a candidate with a negative description that is false.
		However, questions from the poll, written down by more than one respondent, intimated that because Schweitzer at one time worked in Libya, he was aligned with terrorism or that he had failed to pay taxes.
		The poll was taken in Montana week before last by Western Watts of Lethbridge, Alberta, working under subcontract to the Terrance Group of Arlington, Va., which was hired by the RGA.
	www.billingsgazette.com /index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/09/26/build/state/45-brown-push-polls.inc (712 words)

	CBS News \| Poll: Keep Feeding Tube Out \| March 24, 2005 10:30:06
		In this poll, 34 percent approve of the way Congress is handling its job, down from 41 percent last month, while 49 percent now disapprove, up from 44 percent last month.
		This poll shows that Terri Schiavo is far from alone in not having such a legal document: only one in three Americans say they have a living will; 67 percent say they do not.
		This poll was conducted among a nationwide random sample of 737 adults interviewed by telephone March 21-22, 2005.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/03/23/opinion/polls/main682674.shtml (1625 words)

	CNN.com - Poll: Hillary Clinton top Democratic 2004 choice - Dec. 21, 2002
		The poll, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points, was taken Tuesday and Wednesday, after Gore's surprise announcement last Sunday that he would not seek the presidency in 2004.
		However, 40 percent of those polled were unsure whether Kerry was liberal, moderate or conservative, while just 28 percent said they were unsure about Lieberman's ideological disposition.
		The CNN/Time poll found that 31 percent of registered Democrats would be more likely to support a candidate endorsed by Gore, 12 percent less likely and 56 percent said it would make no difference.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/21/hillary.poll (531 words)

	Push Me, Poll You By William Saletan
		The Bush camp admits that it is asking tough questions but argues that they're part of a real poll, not a "push poll." This controversy, which has consumed the media for the past week, misses the point.
		According to a McCain release, "Push polling is the practice, condemned by political professionals in both parties, of conducting a phony poll which actually attacks an opponent with false or misleading accusations." McCain spokesman Howard Opinsky told the Associated Press, "Push polling has nothing to do with how many people are polled.
		In a push poll, Rothenberg explains, "there is little or no give-and-take between the caller and the respondent." The caller shoves his cattle prod into you and hopes you'll jump.
	www.slate.com /id/74943 (1172 words)

	Push Poll Bill Introduced
		Petri explained that during a smear poll, a caller claiming to be taking a poll spreads negative, and generally false, information about a political opponent.
		For polls which will not be made public, poll sponsors would be required to file with the Federal Election Commission the cost of the poll, a count of households contacted, and a transcript of the poll's questions.
		My bill, the Push Poll Disclosure Act of 2005, uses the light of public disclosure to lift the darkness surrounding these smear polls, which are a campaign device to spread disinformation about candidates under cover of a legitimate poll.
	www.house.gov /petri/press/smearpoll.htm (337 words)

	Poinography! » Think tank “push” poll on Akaka bill
		The group behind the poll is described a bit in the article, and I have some more on that topic in this post.
		He argues that neither this poll nor the earlier OHA poll were well-designed and, for that reason, doubts the data from both polls.
		that at least the methodology of this poll was open for all to examine and conclude it was a push poll, as compared to OHA/Ward that would not reveal their questions or methodology until compelled to through a freedom of info action.
	poinography.com /index.php?p=1017 (916 words)

	Daly Thoughts » Push Polls And Slanted Wording
		A poll that has biased phrasing that arguably “pushes” people to one particular answer more than another is not a push poll, at least in the historical meaning of the term.
		And since that is the intent of the poll, you will almost never see the results published, since that would tend to call attention to the poll itself, which is the last thing that is desired by those conducting it.
		Push or not this is typical leftist dishonest polling.
	dalythoughts.com /index.php?p=3054 (1844 words)

	Mystery Pollster: Schiavo "Push Poll?" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Polling organizations like ABC News are not supposed to educate people regarding the issues they are polling.
		The people who use the term "push poll" here are no more (or less) limited to the technical definition of "push poll" than other people are limited to the technical definition of "life support".
		To suggest that a poll is somehow biased because its question is inconsistent with the campaign of lies and disinformation being raged by the Schindlers and their allies is completely moronic.
	www.mysterypollster.com /main/2005/03/schaivo_push_po.html (10031 words)

	Karl Rove - The White House Prince of Push Polling
		f "push polling" is a crime against humanity, then justice has no chance of being served until Karl Rove, its ultra-right promoter, is seized and brought to trial.
		No help there, cause, you see, they poll too, and their own pollsters tell them their audience ("typical American consumers") care nothing for political campaign games, only more digestible items like tabloid-esque murder cases, celebrity hijinks, popular physical suffering, and the ever hopeful resurgence of SARS (the great media pseudo-plague of our time).
		Even his method of push polled lying was dishonest and cowardly.
	www.webdelsol.com /The_Potomac/politics-rove.htm (834 words)

	New York Daily News - City News - Stadium poll rigged, foes charge in lawsuit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Jets conspired with the city and the MTA to conduct a "push poll" to mislead the public about the proposed $1.4 billion West Side stadium's impact on traffic, opponents charged in a lawsuit yesterday.
		In a push poll, questions are phrased in a way to subtly influence - rather than gauge - public opinion.
		The E-mail was sent to employees at Parsons Brinckerhoff, the firm conducting the poll for the city and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/local/story/264831p-226842c.html (327 words)

	New Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The poll included a deceptive question designed to turn voters against the proposed bonds for open space.
		Fred Solop, a professional pollster at NAU has filed a complaint in connection with this deceptive push poll.
		Articles about this push poll appeared in the Daily Sun on April 8 and April 16.
	www.carryabigsticker.com /news/push_poll.htm (364 words)

	Captain's Quarters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ABC News conducted a poll over the weekend about the Terri Schiavo case which purports to show that the American public strongly opposes any intervention in the Schiavo case, and support for Michael Schiavo's right to cut off Terri's food and water.
		If the poll were merely to include the fact that he's lived with another woman for years and has kids by/with her, that alone would likely dramatically impact the survey results.
		I think ABC was perhaps being dishonest with their polling question formats, but I think it is also possible that there is some level of over-reaction on the part of those who say that Terri hasn't been on life-support.
	www.captainsquartersblog.com /mt/archives/004127.php (13800 words)

	Third Party & Independents:: Rumor: A Kerry Affair & Push Polling
		Push polling is not intended to get accurate results for candidates to use in speeches, it is intended to wound the image of the opposition.
		It is also intended to pull the person taking the "poll" into dropping their candidate and voting for the opposition, and many times does, but this year may be an occasion for a large disenfranchised voter base who is disillusioned and tired of shady politicking practices.
		In the case of push polling, it probably relates to the fact that to poll is not about pulling information in at all, but about pushing information out to likely voters in an under the radar approach.
	www.watchblog.com /thirdparty/archives/000780.html (16341 words)

	MyDD :: Push Poll Ideas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Let's take a break from that and develop ludicrous push poll questions that sound like a legitimate survey but, in reality, exist only to paint the conservative agenda in the worst possible light.
		Push polls generate so much backlash that those conducting them go to considerable efforts to disguise their origin.
		Whether it is delivered by push poll, or blog, or TV, or radio, I want voters to know about it.
	chris-bowers.mydd.com /story/2005/2/8/121637/0590 (2756 words)

	Times Community Newspapers - Local News - 10/01/2003 - Black opponent's poll push backfires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Anger from local Muslims over a poll conducted by Pat Morrissey's campaign for state delegate has prompted her to issue an apology.
		The poll, characterized as a push-poll by critics, asked how voters felt about her opponent, incumbent Republican Del. Richard Black (R-northeastern), "receiving thousands of dollars from companies and people suspected of having financial ties to terrorist groups."
		Originally, Morrissey said that since the poll did not mention Muslims, she was not responsible for any Muslim defamation.
	www.zwire.com /site/tab1.cfm?newsid=10247990&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506035&rfi=6 (692 words)

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