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From: smeier@ihuxt.UUCP (S. Meier)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Always Lie to Pollsters
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Date: Tue, 20-Mar-84 11:26:28 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 20 11:26:28 1984
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Does it bother you when ABC, CBS, and NBC announce the winner of
an election before a single vote has been counted?  Do you wonder 
why you should bother to vote when everyone knows who's going to 
win days before the election?  

Now you can fight back!  Here's how:  Always Lie To Pollsters.
Especially those conducting exit polls, as they must assume that 
what you tell them corresponds to a real vote.  You have no 
obligation, legal or moral, to tell anyone the truth about your 
vote.  Your ballot is secret.  So make something up.  If you vote
for Mondale, tell them you voted for Jackson, or Hart.  If you vote
Republican, tell them you voted Democratic or Libertarian.

Of course, not everyone gets polled.  In fact, a ridiculously small 
number of people are asked.  This means that your lie counts a great
deal, especially in a close race.  Just screwing up their margin of 
error by a few percent could cause them to embarass themselves and 
lose any shred of credibility they now have.  They might start 
getting nervous about calling elections so early.

They are already getting nervous here in Illinois.  Columnist Mike
Royko of the Chicago Tribune has been urging the voters to lie for 
the past week or so.  Many pollsters are now asking the question, 
"Do you read Royko's column?"  Of course, voters are urged to lie
in response to this question also.

So, on election day, remember:  Every Lie Counts!