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Bettie

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16. Polling is largely telephone based

Reply to davsand (Reply #10)

Wed Nov 20, 2019, 07:01 PM

Nov 2019

more do use cell phone numbers now, but and this is a big one....how many people do you know who answer their phones when they don't know who is on the other end?

The people who answer polling calls will tend to skew older and more authoritarian (when a phone rings, you answer it).

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Marquette Poll shows support for impeachment has slipped in Wisconsin as Trump leads 4 top Dem rival [View all] riversedge Nov 2019 OP

Not too concern based on a single poll, wait a few more weeks beachbumbob Nov 2019 #1

WI is plump full of RW Hate radio 24/7. riversedge Nov 2019 #3

Yep, but I suspect the demographic make up of the poll would beachbumbob Nov 2019 #4

Wonder if they've improved? ibeplato Nov 2019 #2

Wisconsin evertonfc Nov 2019 #5

Troubling DetroitLegalBeagle Nov 2019 #6

Who cares if they support MFM008 Nov 2019 #7

The fact that it's even close is a bad sign. tman Nov 2019 #8

Paul Ryan/Ron Johnson. GOP Kool aid is in no short supply up there. oasis Nov 2019 #9

I'd like to know the Margin of Error on this. davsand Nov 2019 #10

Polling is largely telephone based Bettie Nov 2019 #16

I was so sad when I read this. Tech Nov 2019 #11

But yet NewsCenter28 Nov 2019 #12

. Tech Nov 2019 #15

Most of the people still living here are bigots, idiots or fundies. Trump will win Wisconsin. Still In Wisconsin Nov 2019 #13

What the fuck is wrong with these people? COLGATE4 Nov 2019 #14

They'd say the kid had it coming Bettie Nov 2019 #17

At this point, 45's base would probably find a way to applaud that. VOX Nov 2019 #18

Not good, that's an A rated poll budkin Nov 2019 #19

If Trump wins Wisconsin this could happen.. honest.abe Nov 2019 #20

I fear Wisconsin might be as hopeless as Wyoming next year Vogon_Glory Nov 2019 #21