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cojoel

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8. At this point

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Nov 7, 2022, 02:28 PM

Nov 2022

There are too many organizations doing polls

There are too many non-poll spam phone calls

There are many people who have long-ago abandoned "land lines"

Caller ID makes it easy to screen calls for both land lines and mobile phones.

The quality of data pollers can be receive is thus rather low.

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Leading pollsters say their jobs are 'getting harder' because people refuse to answer their phones [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2022 OP

It doesn't do ME any good to answer the poll calls, so I don't. Lucid Dreamer Nov 2022 #1

I got a call on my landline from Marist Polls, but since I screen marybourg Nov 2022 #2

Some interesting info about polling cell phones: Ocelot II Nov 2022 #3

Jmo, but lots of people might have gotten rid of their landlines, Deminpenn Nov 2022 #6

I actually tried to answer a few calls hoping to take a pollster call. Claustrum Nov 2022 #4

Fully agree. I think this is why the polls are not reliable. I NEVER answer the phone or texts... kysrsoze Nov 2022 #5

That is some big time hedging right there Deminpenn Nov 2022 #7

At this point cojoel Nov 2022 #8

I rarely answer my landline nor cell if I don't know the caller kimbutgar Nov 2022 #9

Than crack down I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2022 #10

I kept getting calls from caller ID moonscape Nov 2022 #11

Thats what I am saying I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2022 #13

margin of error is mathematically calculated jcgoldie Nov 2022 #12