Minnesota Opinion Study - legit?

[question everything]

Got an invitation, expressed my opinion - did not mind.

Who would I vote for, Clinton or Trump? Are they kidding??

Just curious about this organization.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Do you have more information? "Minnesota Opinion Study"

seems pretty generic. Google didn't help.

[question everything]

3. www.MNOpinion.org/2016

And at least for me, they wanted my password which was mailed to me.

I don't know if without a password one can participate.

All the questions were political and some issues about mariijuana and free 2 yr college for the one who need.

Mostly about positive or negative opinions about Republicans and Democrats, both at the state and national level.

[dflprincess]

2. Did they ask any questions about whether you or anyone in the household work for a marketer?

If not, I'd guess they're calling from one of the parties or a campaign and hiding that by calling themselves "Minnesota Opinion Survey".

I did a Google search and found someone asking the same question about it back in 2006. I did not find any explanation of who/what they are.

[question everything]

4. No, nothing about marketing

or, other opinions that I participated for a while until I got sick of it - no opinions about all kind of companies whose products I don't purchase, anyway.

No, these were only about politics and current issues like marijuana and free 2-yr college for those who need.

[dflprincess]

5. I'm back to thinking it was a party or candidate.

You get any feel for where they were coming from based on how the questions were worded? (I'm wondering Hillary seeing as they asked about 2 year college for "those who need it". )

[question everything]

6. No, I could not

It started by wanting my opinion, on a scale of 1 to 10 on Republicans and Democrats which, I suppose, could have gone either way.

And then, once I identified myself as a Democrat, a liberal, I was asked my preferences between Sanders and Clinton. Again, could have gone either way.

Once I selected Clinton, I was asked who I would vote in a match between Clinton and Trump and a match between Rubio and Clinton.

And then there were several questions about policy issues when I was asked to select between strongly disagree to strongly agree with neutral in between. And, for some reason, I only remember the marijuana and the 2-yr college.

Nothing about the Iron range and the miners who lost their unemployment benefits...

If a specific group or a candidate were behind it, they hidden it very well. At least from me.

[kslad]

7. Just Got One of These in Mail August 2018

The last thread in this discussion was in 2016.

The invitation to the survey is requesting me to respond online.

So, I did a little research first...

This time the research company is listed as Sequoia Research, LLC, 1048B Sagamore Parkway W #1006, West Lafayette, IN, 47906.

The only Sequoia Research listed in Google search is in Texas...none are listed in Indiana.

This address in Indiana is apparently inside an A-1 Packaging Store in a little strip mall.
On Google maps this address is also listed as the address for Paul Begley Prophecy - some kind of online ministries, complete with ties to conspiracies, etc. So the address is apparently just a mail drop address.

The whole thing looks to me like it's some kind of scam operation.

But then again, I wouldn't answer any political questions from anyone, even if it were legitimate.