Push Polling is a blight on the political landscape. It's ridiculous to think that a candidate has no influence on the use of push polls by their supporters, despite the prohibition against coordination.
Want an example of disingenuous political double speak in action? This is how Common Sense Issues Executive Director Patrick Davis describes their activities:
"The type of calls that Common Sense Issues, Inc. is making into Iowa and New Hampshire are personalized educational conversations enabled by artificial intelligence. While some have suggested that these personalized conversations are "push polls," they are not as each one is unique based on the individual. Push calls are designed to be a one-way communication. During a personalized educational call enabled by our voice recognition artificial intelligence technology a participant has a two-way dialogue."
Give me a break! Do you really want to vote for someone who tolerates/tacitly endorses this kind of B.S.!? I sure as heck don't!
If you're a candidate running for public office, have the courage and integrity to voice any criticisms about opponent(s) yourself. Better yet, present people with the integrity, commitment, ideas, problem-solving, and leadership, that make people want to vote for you, without any need for negative campaign tactics!
