I don't bother answering. I'd rather they be surprised.

I'd have hung up.

They are almost always automated. He said is was the USA Today poll.
It did not seem to be a push poll.

I've heard or read that if you ask a person a question and you have say three choices that someone equally likes such as: "What would you like with dinner tonight? Corn, broccoli, or green beans?" the person will pick the LAST choice given the majority of the time.

I use that trick quite a lot and put the choice I want the person to pick at the end of the question, and it works most of the time

I have never known or heard of anyone who has been polled before. Glad to hear that there are real people, and some of them are even Democrats.

Just curious....

They even asked if I was on a land-line or cell phone.

Wonder why they would ask a question for which they already know the answer?

and used that number for another 5 years before dropping it.

At the end of the poll, the person asked if they could put me on a list to be called again for future polls. I expressed surprise at his question since Gallup claims they call randomly.

I dont think it's anything biased.