Love Letters to PPP

PPP is probably the most accessible polling company in the country. Both my cell phone number and e-mail address as well as that of Dean Debnam, who owns PPP, are easily available. Because of that we get lots of kooky (and some thoughtful) e-mails and phone calls every time we release a poll.

We've decided to start printing some of the more extreme ones on the blog, in hopes that people who just want to harangue might think twice before hitting send:

From: Todd Whitley [mailto:todd@crenshaw-whitley.com]

Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:38 PM
To: PPP Information
Subject: Lousy, sloppy survey in Michigan

Your wording in the first few paragraphs tells it all, “This is the 2^nd week in a row PPP has found Democrats in a large Midwestern state….” Then there are the obvious signs that all you are doing is trying to influence Real Clear Politics averages, I don’t know why they use you as a resource?

The signs:

1. Survey done on a weekend (by the way conservatives don’t usually answer landlines anymore, “antiquated”)

2. Only 571 voters – Margin of error – 4.1%

3. Clincher, breakdown by party affiliation, 38% Dems, 31% GOP, 30% Other. HMMMM, I guess another good indication Conservatives don’t answer phones.

Look forward to more ill conceived, pseudo surveys. By the way is Howard Dean on your payroll?

Thanks,

Todd Whitley