text: why do politicians not answer those survey things? here's the senario; you're trying to figure out who to vote for, you're using some survey that the league of women voters sent out, you notice that some of the guys didn't answer the questions. i've seen that happen so many times. why do they not take the time to fill them out??? if they actually state their position in writing they may have to explain why their votes do not reflect that position later.