I recently (for some odd reason) received from the RNC a survey with my name, address, Cong. District and ID number (ID number?). At the bottom of the of the box with that information, was a line with a "crawler" with the phrase "Do not Destroy" repeated.
Although I was puzzled about having received the survey in the first place, I decided to read through the questions. That's when it got really interesting.
Since I can't recall having received a DNC survey, despite voting for Democrats, and contributing to Democratic candidates, I don't have a basis to compare the similarities or differences between the two Parties as far as the wording of their voter surveys, or the number of surveys each Party distributes.
There were the expected questions asking if Barack Obama should be re-elected, and whether the reader believed that illegal immigrants should get amnesty or whether the reader believed that English should be the official language. But some of the other questions were worded in such a way that the reader might focus on the qualifier rather than on the basic question: (The emphasis is the diarist's)
7. Are you in favor of expanded welfare benefits and unlimited eligibility (no time, education or work requirements) that Democrats in congress are pushing to pass?
8. Do you believe that Barack Obama's nominees for federal courts should be immediately and unquestionably approved for their lifetime appointments by the U.S. Senate?
16. Do you support Democrats' drive to eliminate workers' right to a private ballot when considering unionization of their place of employment?
There was a question asking the respondent if they believed that "best way" to get quality education in the US would be to "rapidly" increase federal funding to education while "eliminating performance standards", etc. There were other similarly worded questions about national health insurance, and quality of health care.
As I said previously, I can't recall having received a DNC survey, but I wonder if the Democrats word their surveys in a way that could be perceived as an attempt to influence readers to form opinions about the questions being asked? If not, I wonder if they should.