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I have to wonder if many of the respondents in the survey didn't hold any position with much strength in the first place. Our society enforces the belief, not only that everyone is entitled to their opinions, but that everyone should have an opinion on just about any issue. People tend to stand by "opinions" that are really just snap judgments, which may be largely arbitrary.
If the respondents had little basis for determining their responses in the first place, it's unsurprising if they don't notice when they've been changed, and that it doesn't affect their ability to argue for them.
Quite. My own answer to most of the questions in the survey is "Yes/No, but with the following qualifications." It's not too hard for me to imagine choosing, say, "Yes" to the surveillance question (despite my qualms), then being told I said "No," and believing it.
You won't fool these people if you ask them about something salient like abortion.
Abortion is a complex issue. You could propably change someone's position on one aspect of the abortion debate, such as a hardline pro-lifer "admitting" that it's OK in cases where the mother's life is in danger.