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dameatball

(7,672 posts) Wed Nov 4, 2020, 06:35 AM Nov 2020

Is it unusual to have voted in every election since 1976 and NOT ever been "polled?" [View all]

Never by phone. Never in an exit poll. I have always been registered and had a telephone. I have been contacted by fundraisers so it isn't that I'm hard to find.

Hey, maybe I am the margin for error.

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Is it unusual to have voted in every election since 1976 and NOT ever been "polled?" [View all] dameatball Nov 2020 OP

A land line? MFM008 Nov 2020 #1

Yes I have always had a land line. Now both. dameatball Nov 2020 #3

Not really. Consider that there are over 200 million eligible voters in the US, The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #2

I haven't been pulled since 1996. dubyadiprecession Nov 2020 #4

1000 per poll times 1000 polls Per year is only 1 million people polled Cicada Nov 2020 #5

I've only been polled once in all those years. 2naSalit Nov 2020 #6

I answered a poll once since 1976 (my 1st time to vote) CozyMystery Nov 2020 #7