Greg Sargent picks up on possible push polling in Arizona’s 8th District. Democrat Patty Weiss claims that the calls, which asks about Weiss’ “deep connections” to pharmaceutical companies (a charge she says is false), seem to have gone out to the entire district.
Push polling, which it looks like you’ll be hearing a lot about this campaign season, is when a a candidate floats negative messages about an opponent by hiring a fake “pollster” to ask loaded questions of target voters. A more thorough definition is here.
