push-polls

These push-polls are designed to smear opposing candidates with little interest in the poll results.

Easter Lemming Liberal News 2008

That coincides with reports on Connecticut blogs of Lieberman push-polls last week.

CT-SEN: Time To Take Sides 2009

Some readers who wrote in thought the polling on Gillibrand wasn't push-polling, because it was too long, whereas push-polls are more traditionally short bursts of negative information.

NY-20: What Exactly Is A Push Poll, Anyway? 2009

Isn't it about time the New York Times hire a conservative columnist who deals in facts and reality instead of prognostications designed to appear 'balanced' that are really push-polls disguised as columns?

Tom Gilroy: Babbling Brooks 2009

While most of the questions were typical poll questions, some of the racial relation questions were really push-polls.

Still More Polls Find Obama Leading In Multiple Bush States 2009

This is the same kind of attitude that sponsors push-polls that ask, "Would you support John McCain if you knew that he was the father of a non-white baby?"

Clinton Camp: "Karl Rove Is Writing Senator Obama's Talking Points" 2009

I say, bring on all the push-polls they can come up with.

Report: Gilmore Push-Polling In Iowa 2009

Mystery Pollster and friends identify a credible suspect for the mega-sleazy push-polls in MD-Sen. and TN-Sen.

Stephen Burt: slicing through sleaze 2008

Those who carry out the dirty tricks — push-polls, anonymous fliers, bogus letters meant to incite the recipient against a particular candidate — sometimes go to great lengths to remain anonymous.

Dirty Tricks 2008

For the layman out there who doesn't understand the practice, can you explain how push-polls differ from legitimate surveys?

Dirty Tricks 2008