Tom Davis Phone Poll

By: Eric
Published On: 10/12/2006 7:37:46 PM

Looks like Tom wants to know how he's doing.  No surprise there - he has money to spare so why not check the pulse.

I got a call earlier today asking if I'd particpate in a voter survey.  Summary of the conversation:

I answer and the other person asks if I'd participate.  I agreed and the first question was who did I plan on voting for: Davis or Andy Hurst.  One word answer: Hurst.

Poller: Thank you.  Paid for by Davis for Congress.

That's it. 

If any one else in the 11th gets the call, I suggest giving them an undecided or even Davis answer to see if they're pushing anything else - donations, selling you on Davis, lying about Davis' record, etc.  I should have asked who was doing the survey first and I could've done that myself.  Oh well - I'll catch it next time.

Comments



when did you get this call (pitin - 10/12/2006 7:54:34 PM)
sounds like maybe it's a tracker poll.


Early this evening (Eric - 10/12/2006 9:11:21 PM)
Not sure exactly when - probably around 6.

They had called me a few weeks back and I told them undecided at the time.  This may have been a follow up, a random survey, or a new targeting effort.

I think if I would have given them a different answer I would have learned more about it.



why on earth? (littlepunk - 10/12/2006 10:40:47 PM)
would the caller say "paid for by davis for congress?"  pollsters usually don't say who is funding them - do they?  that just doesn't make any sense to me.  i've never participated in a poll ever that i can recall, but it seems quite unorthodox for a firm to say who is sponsoring/paying for them.


why on earth? (littlepunk - 10/12/2006 10:43:43 PM)
would the caller say "paid for by davis for congress?"  pollsters usually don't say who is funding them - do they?  that just doesn't make any sense to me.  i've never participated in a poll ever that i can recall, but it seems quite unorthodox for a firm to say who is sponsoring/paying for them.


Poll identification is required (Andrea Chamblee - 10/13/2006 1:48:43 AM)
§ 24.2-959. Requirements for campaign telephone calls sponsored by a candidate or candidate campaign committee.

It shall be unlawful for any candidate or candidate campaign committee to make campaign telephone calls without disclosing, before the conclusion of each telephone call, information to identify the candidate or candidate campaign committee who has authorized and is paying for the calls unless such call is terminated prematurely by means beyond the maker's control.

The person making the telephone call shall disclose the name of the candidate.

It shall also be unlawful (i) for any candidate or candidate campaign committee who contracts for campaign telephone calls to fail to provide to the persons making the telephone calls the identifying information required by this section or (ii) for any person to provide a false or fictitious name or address when providing the identifying information required.

(2000, c. 874, § 24.2-1014.1; 2006, cc. 787, 892.)

§ 24.2-959.1. Requirements for campaign telephone calls sponsored by a political committee or person other than a candidate or candidate campaign committee.

It shall be unlawful for any person or political committee to make campaign telephone calls without disclosing, before the conclusion of each telephone call, information to identify the person or political committee who has authorized and is paying for the calls unless such call is terminated prematurely by means beyond the maker's control.

The person making the telephone call shall disclose the following identifying information: the name of the political committee if the calls are authorized by that committee or an agent of that committee; and in the case of a committee that has filed a statement of organization under Chapter 9.3 (§ 24.2-945 et seq.), the full name of the committee and a registration number provided by the State Board; or in any other case, the full name and residence address of the individual responsible for the campaign telephone calls.

It shall also be unlawful (i) for any person who contracts for campaign telephone calls to fail to provide to the persons making the telephone calls the identifying information required by this section or (ii) for any person to provide a false or fictitious name or address when providing the identifying information required.

(2000, c. 874, § 24.2-1014.1; 2006, cc. 787, 892.)