距离美国大选日还有不到一个月的时间,两党候选人在辩论中使出各种招数突出自己、诋毁对方。据说,从上世纪90年代中期开始,美国大选过程中就开始出现一些以影响民意为目的的民调,英文叫做push poll。
Push poll is an opinion poll whose real purpose is to influence people's opinions rather than to collect information about them.
Push poll指以民调之名行影响民意之实的民意调查,这种调查的真正目的不是收集人们的意见,而是影响人们的看法,即“推手民调”。
In essence, a push poll is something approaching a smear campaign masquerading as an opinion poll. A push poll typically involves phoning very large numbers of voters and, in the guise of doing a survey to find out how certain pieces of 'information' may affect their voting preferences, feeding them false or damaging information about a particular candidate. The idea then is to 'push' them away from any rival candidate and steer them towards the candidate that the caller supports.
从本质上来看,“推手民调”更像是伪装成民意调查的“抹黑大战(smear campaign)”。这种调查通常会电话联络大量的选民,假装调查哪些“信息”会影响选民的投票决定,而在此过程中向选民灌输有关某个候选人的虚假或破坏性信息。这样做的目的是将选民从竞争对手那里“推开”,转而支持调查方这边的候选人。
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