Wherein We Learn From Jonathan Jordan's Latest "Push Poll" and Have Some Questions Ourselves

Yesterday we received information about Jonathan Jordan via an email: 

Got a call on my home phone from some woman saying she represented some generic sounding agency like civic polling or something like that, wanting to ask me a few questions about the upcoming November elections.

First, very courteously, she wanted to know if this was a cell phone and if I was in a place to safely conduct the survey. I was home so no problem. Are you a registered voter? How likely to vote in November? What party registration -- Lib, Repub, Dem, Ind?

"I want to read you a list of candidates," she said, "to see if you recognize names. First name was Jonathan Jordan, then came others including Sue Counts [Jordan's Democratic opponent]. Did I have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Jordan? Counts?

"If I told you Jordan had voted for the higest education budget in NC's history, with average pay raise for teachers of 7%, would you be more or less likely to vote for him?  If I told you he backed Gov. McCrory's tax cuts that average 15% per NC family, would you be more or less likely? If I told you he voted to protect the integrity of our voting process by supporting a Voter ID bill, would you be more or less likely?"

"For Sue Counts, if I told you she is a radical liberal who supports the NAACP and Rev. Barber's Moral Monday demonstrations, would you be more or less likely to vote for her? If I told you she backs Obamacare? That she opposes the reforms McCrory has made to our state taxes?"

Well, okay then. We all know about the Republican habit of using such "polls," which really aren't polls at all but are intended to plant misinformation in a voter's mind that will impact his voting … in this case, that Sue Counts is a radical liberal and hangs out with black people.

Well, seems only fair that two can play at this game, with the difference being that we would base our questions on hard, cold fact. To wit:

--If I told you that Jonathan Jordan had one of the worst constituent services of all the General Assembly members, would you be more or less likely to vote for him?

--If I told you that the Jonathan Jordan campaign is currently attacking his opponent with racist, sexist, and unchristian slurs, would you be more or less likely to vote for him?

--If I told you that Jonathan Jordan pushed through the tax increase on your electric bill, would you be more or less likely to vote for him?

--If I told you that Jonathan Jordan pushed through the unpopular changes to the school calendar for Watauga and Ashe counties, would you be more or less likely to vote for him?

--[In Ashe County only] If I told you that Jonathan Jordan refused to stop Boone's water intake project on the New River, would you be more or less likely to vote for him?

--If I told you that Jonathan Jordan refuses to hold or attend a single public town hall meeting in his district to hear what the people think, would you be more or less likely to vote for him?

--If I told you that Jonathan Jordan is a leader in pushing through the General Assembly's radical Tea Party agenda, would you be more or less likely to vote for him?

--If I told you that Jonathan Jordan pushed through allowing natural gas companies to steal gas from under your personal property without your permission, would you be more or less likely to vote for him?

--If I told you that Jonathan Jordan had left his wife and children and has a new girlfriend, would you be more or less likely to vote for him?

--If I told you that Jonathan Jordan helped pass a huge tax cut for the super-rich, which will leave the state budget unbalanced this year and the schools begging for money, would you be more or less likely to vote for him?