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These messages are creepy because they have my number and they don’t identify themselves.

Good evening, this is US Polling! Share your opinions about issues in Florida! https://uspolling.net/3cAq/TLALFL47335127 Not interested? Reply STOP.

Got two messages from them similar to those posted before me; in California here.  The website LOOKS "official" and "real" but if you mouse around on it a bit, you'll see there are no links.  Just a way to contact them, and it shows an address in Las Vegas.  Not worth the risk.  Blocking them.  I'm sure they'll find me another way, as lately I've been getting a lot more scam texts than ever before - at least 2 or 3 per day.

BTW - you can probably report the scam text by forwarding it to 7726 ("SPAM"). Many of the large cell service providers use this system.  They will acknowledge receipt fo the "scam" text and then ask for the phone number that sent it to you.  Give them that as well, and they will then thank you for your assistance.  It may not stop the texts from coming right away, but I've read articles that say this reporting helps them improve their spam filters for phone calls and texts.  So it's worth the effort.  Plus you'll feel like you did something to help stop it.

Sent me a text claimed to be a company named US polling.

Recieved text from US Polling to take a short survey. Blocked number, did not reply, could not find US Polling

Received a text from this organization today (09/29/21) and it smelled like 3 day old fish.  I elected to ignore it.  Reading the responses in this thread, I'm glad I did.

I have Verizon.  You can report spam for free if you forward the message to 7726. Be careful not to click on any links while copying the message. After you forward it, Verizon will ask you for the sender's number so that they can investigate and block it.

All carriers in the US, Canada, and Great Britain use that service.  However there are times when that service does not work.  It did not work on political texts last year so I'm thinking that if it might possibly have a valid reason for being sent that it isn't blocked?  Verizon also has a "report spam".  I use both 7726 and "report spam" afterwards.

Seems like a scam:
"Hello, this is US Polling! Share your opinions in this short, confidential poll about current issues in the Salem area. It will only take 6-8 minutes! https://uspolling.net/PjXm/TDK17364023984 Not interested? Reply STOP."

Text message 1 (888) 231-1968

Hi there, this is University Research Associates! Share your opinions in this short, confidential survey about issues in Orange County: https://uspolling.net/agXp/T476300112 Not interested?  Send STOP.

This number sent me a text message to respond to polling questions. I sent it to SCAM.

They don't "have your number"....it's a robocall....they call everybody's number!

Same as all the others.  Now blocked.

Same as above!

Political texts

This is a company that is hired to collect data analytics.
They are hired by many different companies, and the survey they send is likely related to something local.
For me, they had a survey on a local city and my political leanings.
The org that asked them to contact me claims to be independent, but had an obvious right-leaning bias on the pages I found. For this reason I avoided the survey - PEW can contact me if they wish, I won't feed an echo chamber.

I did some research into "US Polling" on legitimate websites (e.g., fivethirtyeight.com, etc.). Could not find it mentioned anywhere. Reporting it to the telecom provider as spam.