Legit Poll or No?

They haven't called an election yet I got this today. Looks a little sus.

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10 Comments

morbidcactus@lemmy.ca · 27 pts · 1y

ERG National Research isn't a member of CRIC, (nor following their standards) they've even put out an alert, they're suggesting you report them to the crtc if you have any complaints.

jessejamieson@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 1y

Best case they collect your info and sell it for scams and advertising. There's no reason to ever respond to something like that. Zero gain.

wise_pancake@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 1y

I’ve been getting these from different made up polling firms

They’re not real, they’re data harvesting and potentially trying to scan people, but I’m assuming there’s something worse going on

reddig33@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Are any polls legit these days? Seems like poll by cold call, text, or email/website would be skewed and a waste of everyone’s time.

NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y

No it’s data collection but not for a poll. I’m not sure if they’re collecting postal codes, active phone numbers or what but it’s not real

StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

I got one today pretending to be from the NDP. There's everyday scams, but it's giving Pierre Poutine. I smell shenanigans.

Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I got an audio version of this poll yesterday. 'Press 2 for LIB, 3 for NDP, ..." stuff like that. Didn't ask for any personal info.

vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 4 pts · 1y

They already have your personal information 😇

Kovukono@pawb.social · 1 pts · 1y

I volunteer with my party, and we got told last week that our candidate's campaign would kick off tomorrow, the 13th. Maybe they got wind of something like that.

Tm12@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

Reminds me of the Doug Ford one I got recently as well.