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Democratic Primaries

DesertRat

(27,995 posts) Thu May 30, 2019, 10:57 PM May 2019

Question about polling [View all]

I had dinner with a 30 year old relative and I brought up the subject of presidential candidates and poll numbers. Her comment was, well you know they only poll people who answer their phones. She said that no one she knows has a landline and no one answers calls from unknown callers.

It made think about how the polls are conducted. Do they call landlines and cell phones? We gave up our home phone a couple of years ago.

So how do they get a cross section of the population?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Question about polling [View all] DesertRat May 2019 OP

Good pollsters call both landlines and cell phones. n/t pnwmom May 2019 #1

Yes the good Polling firms use Wellstone ruled May 2019 #2

I understand the key to all good polling is sampling sandensea May 2019 #3

Gallup is still the biggest nationally, and I still think their sampling is too small. Just me. ancianita May 2019 #4

Thanks. DesertRat May 2019 #5