Ten volunteers needed for robopoll

[rp08orbust]

I need ten volunteers who will be available to answer their phones between 7pm and 9pm Eastern tomorrow (5/31/11) for quality assurance testing of the robopoll I'm conducting in Florida. The poll will have ten options:

1. Mitt Romney
2. Herman Cain
3. Michelle Bachmann
4. Sarah Palin
5. Newt Gingrich
6. Gary Johnson
7. Tim Pawlenty
8. Rick Santorum
9. Ron Paul
0. Other/Undecided

Please volunteer to vote for one of the ten above by posting in this thread and PM me your phone number so I can include it in the robopoll. The one who votes for Ron Paul should get a message encouraging them to go to ronpaulwinsflorida.com, while the other nine of you should NOT.

[malkusm]

Yeah sure, let's go right down the list. I'll volunteer to select Romney.

Question: How are you selecting the list of numbers that you are calling? Likely Republican voters? Registered Republican voters? Also, I assume the order of the list will be fixed, and the names will not be rotating somehow?

(I know the goal might not be to take a completely scientific poll....it seems you're just trying to direct supporters to this website, which is fine. Just curious.)

[sailingaway]

I'm hoping you get enough without me since that is 4 a.m. to 7 a.m. where I am, but p.m. me if you don't.

[rp08orbust]

Yeah sure, let's go right down the list. I'll volunteer to select Romney.

rep++ for taking one for the team ;)


Question: How are you selecting the list of numbers that you are calling? Likely Republican voters? Registered Republican voters? Also, I assume the order of the list will be fixed, and the names will not be rotating somehow?

(I know the goal might not be to take a completely scientific poll....it seems you're just trying to direct supporters to this website, which is fine. Just curious.)

The calls will go to 2,500 random registered Republican voters who are males between 25 and 40 and whose household contains no female registered voters. (The goal is to target Ron's best demographic, young single males, probably out of college and not too poor to attend the straw poll.)

PS Don't forget to PM me your phone number.

[malkusm]

rep++ for taking one for the team ;)



The calls will go to 2,500 random registered Republican voters who are males between 25 and 40 and whose household contains no female registered voters. (The goal is to target Ron's best demographic, young single males, probably out of college and not too poor to attend the straw poll.)

Excellent idea. +rep to you :)

[specsaregood]

I'm hoping you get enough without me since that is 4 a.m. to 7 a.m. where I am, but p.m. me if you don't.

I thought youwere in cali? he said 7PM EST.


I'm in. I'll volunteer to select Herman. #2

[sailingaway]

I thought youwere in cali? he said 7PM EST.


I'm in. I'll volunteer to select Herman. #2

I just read the pms as ams, no clue why. Unfortunately, I won't be by a phone for part of that. Sorry! In the morning I'd have been sleepy, but I'd have been available.

[MelissaWV]

I just read the pms as ams, no clue why. Unfortunately, I won't be by a phone for part of that. Sorry! In the morning I'd have been sleepy, but I'd have been available.

The OP says 7pm.

My dad's in town, rp, or I would be game. I am highly unlikely to be attached to my cell at that time tomorrow.

[rp08orbust]

Bump

[matt0611]

I'll volunteer to vote for Gary Johnson, I PMed you my number.

[specsaregood]

I'll volunteer to vote for Gary Johnson, I PMed you my number.

That is more like it, you sir are a great american. Only 7 more spaces left. Who else wants to do their part?

[Michigan11]

Count me in for Ron Paul... I sent a pm

[amy31416]

Fine! I'll volunteer for #4 Sarah Palin...ouch!

[tsai3904]

I'm in. I'll select #3, Michele Bachmann.

[specsaregood]

I knew there had to be some decent folks lurking out there. i am officially, a little less disheartened.

[rp08orbust]

Count me in for Ron Paul... I sent a pm

If you're not certain you'll be able to answer, I'll put you down for #5 Newt.

[amy31416]

I knew there had to be some decent folks lurking out there. i am officially, a little less disheartened.

+rep for a damned good guilt trip.

[Michigan11]

If you're not certain you'll be able to answer, I'll put you down for #5 Newt.

Okay #5 for Newt then.

[specsaregood]

+rep for a damned good guilt trip.

Somebody had to do it. :) I volunteered despite the fact that the sound of a phone ringing still initially sends a chill up my spine...dating back from my tech support days.

[Michigan11]

Somebody had to do it. :) I volunteered despite the fact that the sound of a phone ringing still initially sends a chill up my spine...dating back from my tech support days.

LOL my contracting biz too.. and I will be voting for Newt

Whose the lucky bastad to get to choose Ron Paul? Who are ye?

[Michigan11]

ARrrrrrrgggggghhhh!!

[specsaregood]

I'm gonna go sit in a kiddie pool with my progeny and a beer and enjoy the last bit of memorial day sun after putting in work today. If these 10 spots aren't filled up by the time I get back there are gonna be heads to crack.

[KCIndy]

Nuts!

I'm going to be in Canada tomorrow and well out of cell range. :( :(

[rp08orbust]

Santorum, anyone?

[hillertexas]

Put me down for TPaw....i'll PM you my #

[XTreat]

I'll step up to the plate and take RP

[sailingaway]

I'm not sure I'll be by a phone when the actual call comes in, but it is a 2/3 chance I would be assuming even distribution of the chances of a call across the time slot... If that turns out to be the best offer you get at the end, let me know.

[Koz]

If you need anyone else, pm me and I'll take whoever is left over.

[PaulConventionWV]

I'll take Santorum.

[amy31416]

I'll take Santorum.

Pervert!

[rp08orbust]

I'll take Santorum.

I had to send the list of phone numbers to the pollster without anyone assigned to Santorum. Here is what I have:

rp08orbust xxx xxxx504 Other
malkusm xxx xxxx638 Romney
matt0611 xxx xxxx187 Johnson
specsaregood xxx xxxx905 Cain
Michigan11 xxx xxxx776 Gingrich
tsai3904 xxx xxxx927 Bachmann
amy31416 xxx xxxx112 Palin
hillertexas xxx xxxx765 Pawlenty
XTreat xxx xxxx804 Paul

[specsaregood]

Thanks for stepping up and doing this rp08orbust! I gather you got enough donated then and aren't solicting for more? I hope you get some good results.

[trey4sports]

if this proves to be a good technique are you going to ramp up the project to more than 2500 people? I'd throw down a $20.12 spot

[rp08orbust]

Thanks for stepping up and doing this rp08orbust! I gather you got enough donated then and aren't solicting for more? I hope you get some good results.

I didn't receive any donations, though admittedly, I only bumped the thread a few times.

This one should only be a bit over $100, which is nothing compared to what IDefendThePlatform has spent on Facebook ads.

If this is successful, I'll keep up the robocalling as donations come in, but there isn't much time left before the June 10 deadline. I might focus most of my energy on making sure Ron Paul gets the message about Presidency 5 so he can email or Facebook his hundreds of thousands of supporters and getting Trevor Lyman to send an email.

[specsaregood]

I didn't receive any donations, though admittedly, I only bumped the thread a few times.
This one should only be a bit over $100, which is nothing compared to what IDefendThePlatform has spent on Facebook ads.

If this is successful, I'll keep up the robocalling as donations come in, but there isn't much time left before the June 10 deadline. I might focus most of my energy on making sure Ron Paul gets the message about Presidency 5 so he can email or Facebook his hundreds of thousands of supporters and getting Trevor Lyman to send an email.

Ok, I'm sure we can do better than NO donations. Will you get getting a breakdown of which choices people chose? When will you get them?
And I take it you are monitoring traffic to the site.

Also, how much lead time do you need to do another robocall, if the grassroots decided to donate to get another one done in time?

[rp08orbust]

Ok, I'm sure we can do better than NO donations. Will you get getting a breakdown of which choices people chose? When will you get them?
And I take it you are monitoring traffic to the site.

Also, how much lead time do you need to do another robocall, if the grassroots decided to donate to get another one done in time?

If I have money before about noon Eastern, I can probably get a poll going that evening. This first one was a bit more work (I had to find a way to pick voters at random from 2GB of data spanning 67 text files), and tomorrow will be a bit hectic as I call those who volunteered to record the messages and see who has the time to do it.

Yes, I will get a breakdown of what people chose and whether they went to my website. (I don't care so much about the poll choices because the sample was biased toward Ron Paul.)

[BuddyRey]

Do you still need volunteers?

[malkusm]

Just got the call. Voted Romney. Sounds good, short and to the point. Didn't hear any message about the website you're referring people to - also a good thing :D

[Michigan11]

Bump!


Great Job and everybody give rep to rp08orbust

... waiting with my phone for the call

[rp08orbust]

Hmm, I got a call, heard nothing, and it hung up after 7 seconds. My phone number is a Skype number, so I wonder if that caused a problem.

[Michigan11]

Just got my call pressed #5 for Newt... then it ended by repeating the phone number

[malkusm]

Just got my call pressed #5 for Newt... then it ended by repeating the phone number

Yeah mine also ended with the phone number being repeated

[rp08orbust]

Yeah mine also ended with the phone number being repeated

Do you remember what phone number it "repeated"? When did you hear the phone number the first time?

If it was 562 XXX XX04, then that was mine. I am only required to give a "paid for by" disclaimer to the Ron Paul voters, because that is the only part of the call that supports or opposes a candidate or piece of legislation.

[tsai3904]

Hmm, I got a call, heard nothing, and it hung up after 7 seconds. My phone number is a Skype number, so I wonder if that caused a problem.

Exact same thing happened to me, except my number is my personal cell phone number. Heard nothing and hung up after 7 seconds.

[amy31416]

Still no call here.

[rp08orbust]

I'm getting flamed in voice mail messages. (If you call back, you can leave a voicemail message that gets sent to me by email.)

[hillertexas]

<------------------ Worst Ron Paul Supporter Ever! Call came in at 7:10pm from 720-257-XXXX (edited in case its your #) and I missed it. :(

[amy31416]

Dammit...my phone didn't ring, but the number comes up as a missed call about 2 minutes ago.

[XTreat]

still no call here. i really wanted to vote for RP too.

[specsaregood]

I got my call, it worked just fine. I answered #2 Herman and the call ended.

[specsaregood]

I'm getting flamed in voice mail messages. (If you call back, you can leave a voicemail message that gets sent to me by email.)

Hah, save the best ones and share them with us. :)
The number I got was 720 something from denver, CO.

[rp08orbust]

Hah, save the best ones and share them with us. :)
The number I got was 720 something from denver, CO.

No enraged Huntsman, Roemer or Karger supporters yet.

[Michigan11]

Hah, save the best ones and share them with us. :)
The number I got was 720 something from denver, CO.

Same here

[matt0611]

Exact same thing happened to me, except my number is my personal cell phone number. Heard nothing and hung up after 7 seconds.

Same here. Heard nothing on the other line for 5-6 seconds and then it just disconnected on me.
It was my personal cell phone.

[rp08orbust]

I was supposed to be emailed a spreadsheet with poll results from Winning Calls last night. I am not impressed.

Thanks to everyone who stood by to take the calls, both to those who got one and those who did not.