I'm not sure it really is any use to them to know who you say you're going to vote for. If it is, it's because they're delving pretty deeply into practical (as opposed to theoretical) statistical techniques. It's certainly not going to make any difference in how they behave for the rest of this election cycle! I suspect they ask because they feel good getting a count, or maybe even because they find it influences people to have said they're going to do something.
Was he working from a list with just you on it, or was he asking about you because you were the one standing in front of him at that point?
And sorry about the doorknob! Not that it's news that the knob / latch / lock mechanism on that door isn't completely healthy.
I actually do care what's useful to them, to some extent; to the extent that I want them to succeed, at least. I might tell them straight off that I was on their side and they should go spend their time on somebody that needed convincing, to save their time (and a bit of mine; though I'd have already been interrupted by then).
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Date: 2010-11-02 05:01 pm (UTC)Was he working from a list with just you on it, or was he asking about you because you were the one standing in front of him at that point?
And sorry about the doorknob! Not that it's news that the knob / latch / lock mechanism on that door isn't completely healthy.
I actually do care what's useful to them, to some extent; to the extent that I want them to succeed, at least. I might tell them straight off that I was on their side and they should go spend their time on somebody that needed convincing, to save their time (and a bit of mine; though I'd have already been interrupted by then).