The Republicans are asking the party faithful to fill out a biased poll. The purpose is not to get a snapshot of public opinion, but to mislead people by presenting leading questions. Or, as Mike Haubrich explains it:
The point of push-polling in politics is not to gather opinion, it is to "push" towards a certain viewpoint by exposing the opposite viewpoint as being untenable.
If you've got a few minutes and want to cause some bafflement among conservative pollsters, have fun with it.
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Most people who follow the interaction between science and politics are well aware of the problem of 'he-said, she-said' reporting, the attempt to grant equal time to opposing views, no matter how stupid those ideas are (An aside: I've always imagined a Monty Pythonesque TV anchor turning
And this one again involving a Good News Club, this time in Maryland. The Montgomery County Public Schools has a Good News Club chapter that uses school facilities for their meetings.
Today's the day, everyone.
At least in this accidental viewpoint.