Jim Stillman
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Republican “push polling” focuses on Florida Jewish voters
September 18th 2008 00:46
A “push poll” is a form of negative political techniques, more in line with “dirty tricks” employed by Republicans over the past several presidential election campaigns. They are effective and that’s why they are used.
Illegal in at least one state, New Hampshire, under the pretense of conducting a poll, large numbers of presumed voters, usually focused on a specific ethnic or cultural group, respondents are contacted. No effort is made to collect and analyze response data. Instead, the push poll is a form of telemarketing-based propaganda and rumor mongering, masquerading as a poll.
It is ironic that the McCain people have been using this technique in Florida, targeting Jewish voters. Political junkies will recall the most well-known and viscous push poll in recent years. In the 2000 Republican primary in South Carolina, voters received telephone calls wherein the caller asked, “Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for John McCain for president if you knew he was the father of an illegitimate black child?" The poll's allegation had no substance, but was, heard by thousands of primary voters; Senator and Mrs. McCain and his wife had in fact adopted a Bangladeshi girl.
The Boston Globe reported, yesterday, that Senator McCain’s supporters have engaged in wide spread push polling, an allegation he has not refuted, saying others had done it, too!
Jewish voters in Florida and at least one other state are being targeted by a telephone survey tying Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to Palestinian causes. The Jewish Council for Education in Research says at least two women in separate states were push polled, or asked questions intended to influence voters while pretending to take a poll, on Sunday afternoon from a caller who said he was from Research Strategies.
One potential voter said that she became uncomfortable when the caller asked if she were Jewish, whether she was Orthodox and how often she attends a synagogue.
The caller then asked if she would be influenced if she learned that Obama had donated money to the Palestine Liberation Organization. The caller also asked how she would vote if she learned that someone on the Illinois senator's staff had close ties to Palestine. The report continues, “And then this is the scary part. He [the caller] said if you had not said that you were Jewish, you would have been disqualified."
A woman living in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Pittsburgh received a similar call Sunday afternoon. After asking basic demographic information, the caller said, "I'm going to ask you some things about Senator Obama and you tell me if it would make you more or less likely to vote for him."
The caller then ticked off a list of accusations including that Obama's church had made anti-Semitic statements and that Obama had met with Hamas leaders. A Republican support group has taken responsibility of the latest outrage. The Republican Jewish Coalition is conducting the smear campaign against Obama on behalf of Senator John McCain; this was acknowledged by the group's executive director, Matt Brooks.
Others have reported similar calls. Among the charges are that Senator Obama promised if elected to organize a mid-eastern summit without Israel, was a Board member of a anti-Israel organization that sent money and weapons to terrorists. Is this the “clean” campaign Senator McCain promised? Shame on him
Specific information and actual methodology can be viewed at:
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Illegal in at least one state, New Hampshire, under the pretense of conducting a poll, large numbers of presumed voters, usually focused on a specific ethnic or cultural group, respondents are contacted. No effort is made to collect and analyze response data. Instead, the push poll is a form of telemarketing-based propaganda and rumor mongering, masquerading as a poll.
It is ironic that the McCain people have been using this technique in Florida, targeting Jewish voters. Political junkies will recall the most well-known and viscous push poll in recent years. In the 2000 Republican primary in South Carolina, voters received telephone calls wherein the caller asked, “Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for John McCain for president if you knew he was the father of an illegitimate black child?" The poll's allegation had no substance, but was, heard by thousands of primary voters; Senator and Mrs. McCain and his wife had in fact adopted a Bangladeshi girl.
The Boston Globe reported, yesterday, that Senator McCain’s supporters have engaged in wide spread push polling, an allegation he has not refuted, saying others had done it, too!
A bitter, angry John McCain
Jewish voters in Florida and at least one other state are being targeted by a telephone survey tying Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to Palestinian causes. The Jewish Council for Education in Research says at least two women in separate states were push polled, or asked questions intended to influence voters while pretending to take a poll, on Sunday afternoon from a caller who said he was from Research Strategies.
One potential voter said that she became uncomfortable when the caller asked if she were Jewish, whether she was Orthodox and how often she attends a synagogue.
The caller then asked if she would be influenced if she learned that Obama had donated money to the Palestine Liberation Organization. The caller also asked how she would vote if she learned that someone on the Illinois senator's staff had close ties to Palestine. The report continues, “And then this is the scary part. He [the caller] said if you had not said that you were Jewish, you would have been disqualified."
A woman living in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Pittsburgh received a similar call Sunday afternoon. After asking basic demographic information, the caller said, "I'm going to ask you some things about Senator Obama and you tell me if it would make you more or less likely to vote for him."
The caller then ticked off a list of accusations including that Obama's church had made anti-Semitic statements and that Obama had met with Hamas leaders. A Republican support group has taken responsibility of the latest outrage. The Republican Jewish Coalition is conducting the smear campaign against Obama on behalf of Senator John McCain; this was acknowledged by the group's executive director, Matt Brooks.
Others have reported similar calls. Among the charges are that Senator Obama promised if elected to organize a mid-eastern summit without Israel, was a Board member of a anti-Israel organization that sent money and weapons to terrorists. Is this the “clean” campaign Senator McCain promised? Shame on him
Specific information and actual methodology can be viewed at:
Really Long Link
Really Long Link
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