Yes, that's the point. The Tories started using this type of 'survey' a couple of years ago. People are more likely to give their email addresses because:
- The questions frame the Lib Dems in a good light "Willie Rennie and the Scottish Liberal Democrats have worked constructively with the Scottish Government to get us through this crisis. Do you think this was the right thing to do?"
- The questions make people feel like they are being listened to.
- By the time they get to the important bit people are primed to be receptive. The three mandatory questions before the email and phone number ones both get you to give up personal information.
If that is what they are doing then they are idiots.
Well it is the Lib Dems.
Why would politicians ignore feedback?
It takes staff time to go through written responses. What happens to the data depends on who is doing it, so it's correct to say I'm overstating to say no-one will read them (though that's what happened in the similar one's I'm aware of). If they get few responses they might well feel it's worth the time.
it is strange how some posters are concerned we might ve wasting our time. But our time is our own to use as we please.
Not some posters, just me. Feel free to search me if you doubt my motivation. Of course people should do as they wish, I spend a non-trivial amount of time and money opposing self-ID and I just thought this one was likely to be ineffective.