An exercise in why you shouldn’t worry too much about polls

  • pimento64@sopuli.xyz
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    1 month ago

    We still have polling conducted on the basis of who’s going to pick up a cold call on their landline phone.

    Who the fuck do you think is gonna pick a cold call up and talk to the weirdo who wants something from you at all, landline or no?

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      1 month ago

      I’m shocked they have enough that pick up any line given caller ID. Do a lot of people still answer an unknown call coming in and not let it go to voice mail?

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      1 month ago

      That’s one reason why most of these polls are garbage. I personally haven’t used a home landline phone since the 90’s.

      • kandoh@reddthat.com
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        1 month ago

        Yeah but they adjust based on results, so they know for every person that says they’re voting R on a landline there are 3 unreported D votes. There is a methodology further than writing down what people say.