Most ridiculous question from the recent Zogby poll:

Fleshdancer

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Sun Oct-01-06 03:30 PM
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Most ridiculous question from the recent Zogby poll:

Looks like someone screwed up on the answer selection:

If you knew that offshore oil rigs would be so far away they could not be seen by people standing along the shoreline, would that make you much more likely, somewhat more likely, somewhat less likely, or much less likely to support the drilling for oil off the American coastline?

Much more likely
Somewhat more likely
Somewhat more likely
Much more likely
Not sure

:eyes:

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WCGreen

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Sun Oct-01-06 03:31 PM
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1. Groups pay to have questions added to Zogby Polls....

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Fleshdancer

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Sun Oct-01-06 03:51 PM
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2. then the oil companies paid a great deal for this poll

It was all about drilling and whether the US depends too much or too little on oil. Many of the "options" weren't really options at all and not once did it ask whether the government or companies should invest in alternative energy.

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yurbud

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Sun Oct-01-06 03:52 PM
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3. There's oil rigs by Santa Barbara, and when I swim in the ocean there...

I have tarry oil spots on me when I get out--just like I saw when I cleaned up after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.

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smirkymonkey

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Sun Oct-01-06 03:55 PM
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4. The problem with Zogby Polls is that they don't give an option for

"That's the stupidest f-ing question I have ever heard and I'm not answering it."

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high density

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Sun Oct-01-06 04:01 PM
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5. Most of those oil questions didn't make any sense

But that seems to be typical when the questions are obviously funded by a group looking for a specific polling outcome.

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3waygeek

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Sun Oct-01-06 04:03 PM
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6. I noticed that too...

wonder if they have a closet Rethug working for them.

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Gloria

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Sun Oct-01-06 04:32 PM
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7. Yeah, it looked like a mistake to me so I said "not sure".....

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