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Politics aside for a second.
Just how do these polling agencies work these days? Who has a land line, and of those who do (like me), who answers them (I don't)?
Have you been polled? Who gets polled? I don't really know anyone who's been polled?
Not only are the samples small, and the weighting is entirely subjective, but there's really no way to reach people unless you call them on their cell phone, which is not supposed to be allowed, or confront them on the street, which most people will reject.
Are the polls more of a complete "guess" than ever? And if so, what is the future of polling?
Just how do these polling agencies work these days? Who has a land line, and of those who do (like me), who answers them (I don't)?
Have you been polled? Who gets polled? I don't really know anyone who's been polled?
Not only are the samples small, and the weighting is entirely subjective, but there's really no way to reach people unless you call them on their cell phone, which is not supposed to be allowed, or confront them on the street, which most people will reject.
Are the polls more of a complete "guess" than ever? And if so, what is the future of polling?