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LiberalElite

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10. Old habits are hard to break - one of my friends is 80 y.o.

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 4, 2015, 10:08 AM

Oct 2015

and uses a walker. It's not easy for her to get around. Nevertheless she insisted on answering the phone despite having an answering machine. She doesn't have caller I.D. When she recently complained about answering the phone only to find it was a telemarketer or a fraudster from Microsoft, sometimes several times a day, I had to tell her to stop answering the phone. It is not necessary anymore. It was a hard sell but she finally agreed.
P.S. she's a Democrat.

I also had a friend in her '70s who had a Tracfone and a landline and intended to keep the landline in case of emergency. She also was a registered Democrat.

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Flaws in Polling Data Exposed as U.S. Campaign Season Heats Up [View all] Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 OP

This is actually very interesting. The shift from land lines to mobiles definitely changes the still_one Oct 2015 #1

Many (most?) polls are designed to influence opinion, not measure it. Scuba Oct 2015 #2

Exactly.. Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #3

That's part of it. The clever wording of questions is another, as is the selection of participants. Scuba Oct 2015 #4

Who these days answers their home phone Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #5

We are considering dumping our landline. postulater Oct 2015 #6

dsl Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #7

This old person hasn't had a landline for over 10 years newfie11 Oct 2015 #8

Old habits are hard to break - one of my friends is 80 y.o. LiberalElite Oct 2015 #10

Independent polls using accepted, scientific practices are not designed to influence opinions. Gormy Cuss Oct 2015 #11

Most polls seem to start with "If you knew so-and-so ate puppies for breakfast ... " Scuba Oct 2015 #12

No, they don't. Adrahil Oct 2015 #13

You should remember that most polls have nothing to do with politics. Scuba Oct 2015 #14

That's the perception here and other places where internet "polls " are done. Gormy Cuss Oct 2015 #16

Most polls are not scientific nor carefully crafted to mitigate bias. Scuba Oct 2015 #17

Sure,because "most poll" include internet polls. Gormy Cuss Oct 2015 #19

The most accurate poll to date - the 25,000+ people who showed up yesterday in Mass. fro Bernie! canoeist52 Oct 2015 #9

We don't like the results so Sisterwife15 Oct 2015 #15

It kind of reminds me of unskewedpoll.com from 2012. Ace Rothstein Oct 2015 #18

That's a blast from the past! Sisterwife15 Oct 2015 #20