Honest poll or dirty political trick?

“Push Polls” are sometimes used to deceptively draw a voter away from his or her candidate of choice.

Here is how the deceptive poll works. You receive a call purporting to include you in a countywide, statewide, or nationwide poll. Once you consent to being a part of the poll, you are asked a few questions geared to reveal what candidate (or candidates) you support.

Then you are asked a question such as, “Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for that candidate if you knew he had fathered an illegitimate child?” The poll’s allegation has no substance, but is heard by thousands of pr...