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former9thward

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12. Major pollsters call cell phones.

Reply to Spazito (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 01:58 PM

Oct 2014

Go to the website of any of them and they will tell you the methodology they use. For some reason people think they can't or don't call cell phones. They can and do.

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Fewer people are responding to polls this year-compared to 2012 & more expect greater polling error [View all] kpete Oct 2014 OP

Polls are becoming less and less relevant of anything, imo... Spazito Oct 2014 #1

I agree Andy823 Oct 2014 #3

I totally agree with you! Spazito Oct 2014 #4

We say that every election yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #5

The havoc that will be created by the repubs over the two years until the next election... Spazito Oct 2014 #6

I don't deny that yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #7

I didn't say "it is the most important election in our lives"... Spazito Oct 2014 #8

I am a cynic. If we did not get anything done the last two years yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #9

I, too, am a cynic and don't see much being done in the next two years, my point is... Spazito Oct 2014 #11

That is a neat chart yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #14

It is interesting... Spazito Oct 2014 #22

Major pollsters call cell phones. former9thward Oct 2014 #12

Relative to the number of calls to land lines versus cell phones, there are very few... Spazito Oct 2014 #15

The polls have been relatively accurate year after year. former9thward Oct 2014 #16

Actually, they have been less accurate over recent years... Spazito Oct 2014 #17

I agree Andy823 Oct 2014 #24

Seriously! I hang up on pollsters and vote every election. JaneyVee Oct 2014 #18

Yep, I have caller ID on both my land line and cell phone, if I don't recognize... Spazito Oct 2014 #19

I did one in 2012 and it took over 10 minutes. Now I just hang up on them. JaneyVee Oct 2014 #20

More and more of the public is doing this... Spazito Oct 2014 #21

Can't stand polls myself. nc4bo Oct 2014 #2

People here are playing all kinds of tricks on the pollsters, Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #10

I'm One otohara Oct 2014 #13

I was doing some research today Andy823 Oct 2014 #23