I challenge you to

[RonPaulCult]

Call 50 or 100 random numbers in Iowa or New Hampshire and ask them who they are voting for.

Say something like this:


Hello I am calling from an independant political polling study. I was wondering if I could have just a few minutes of your time to conduct a brief politcal poll for the 2008 presidential election.

Are you 18 or over

IF YES

Do you plan on voting in the caucus/primary this Jan

IF YES

Do you plan on voting for a republican or democrat

IF REPUBLICAN

Which of the following candidates do you plan on voting for:


Rudy Giuliani
Mike Huckabee
Duncan Hunter
John McCain
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney
Tom Tancredo
Fred Thompson

The area code of New Hampsire is 603

The area codes of Iowa are 319, 515, 563, 641, 712

Turn off your caller id by dialing *67

Record your results and post them here.

Feel free to change any of my words.

F U Frank!

[LibertiORDeth]

I would, but idk if my mom would let me do this.

[Vendico]

Hello I am calling from an independant political polling company.

You're kinda lieing...

[Hurricane Bruiser]

You're kinda lieing...

"independent study" If they probe further, state that you personally are undertaking the study.

[TheNewYorker]

You know what, this is actually a good idea. We should conduct our own "scientific" phone polls, to see if the ones we see on the news are rigged or not.

[Vendico]

"independent study" If they probe further, state that you personally are undertaking the study.

Yeah that's better. Can you change the original post to that?

[brumans]

Good idea. We should do it. Be unbiased as possible.

I think asking if they are over 18 is pretty pointless. If they answer "yes, I plan on voting in the primary/caucus", then they are obviously over 18.

[Sean]

Good idea. We should do it. Be unbiased as possible.

I think asking if they are over 18 is pretty pointless. If they answer "yes, I plan on voting in the primary/caucus", then they are obviously over 18.

Redundant questions will make you sound official.

[kylejack]

Make sure to rotate names.

Some people here strike me as really biased, though. Results may be exaggerated.

[Sey.Naci]

I've some experience with polling...

A good poll will continue trying the same numbers until the phones are answered. For example, 1,000 randomly-chosen numbers will be distributed 100 each to ten people. Those ten people will keep phoning their list numbers until they get a response. Otherwise, the phone numbers are not really randomly-chosen, but selectively chosen on the basis of who was home when the pollster called.

[AtomiC]

I say we just call people and try to persuade them to vote for Ron Paul. There should be no more silly nonsense where we have to lie like this, ehhh.

Call them and tell them all of RP's major selling points, then they're bound to come over to the light side if they believe in anything.

[RonPaulCult]

Yeah that's better. Can you change the original post to that?

Done

[RonPaulCult]

I say we just call people and try to persuade them to vote for Ron Paul. There should be no more silly nonsense where we have to lie like this, ehhh.

Call them and tell them all of RP's major selling points, then they're bound to come over to the light side if they believe in anything.

I don't think it's silly to gain a better understanding of where we actually are in this campaign. The grassroots is running this show just as much as HQ is these days and - most campaigns conduct their own polling (at least that's my understanding).

The problem with the polls you see in the news is that they only use people that voted republican in 2004 (and sometimes 2000).

Using the wording I have selected I think we will get a clearer picture of what is actually going to happen in 2008.

So any takers?

I am in Europe until late next week so I am not in a great position to test this out myself.

[RonPaulCult]

I am just bumping this because well - I'd really like to see somebody do it.

If not that's cool too.