A) nobody answers the phone anymore because of all the scammers. If the pollsters would leave messages and give people a chance to check them out before calling back they would get a better response rate via phone.
B) the article brings up an excellent point on screening out small business phones.
C) there is a factor of political intimidation due to Democratic cities not enforcing their own laws with respect to protestors who destroy people’s businesses. There is a reason why the secret ballot is secret, and polling violates that.
I haven’t gotten a polling query where I live EVER, and as I live in a battleground state where they spend a great deal of money to run wall to wall political ads, that seems odd.
Pretty much spot on.
I have 'noborobo' app on my comcast landline {I know two things that most people here are against} and also the name/number comes up on the tv screen if it is on.
The app lets one ring from the robots and then disconnects {usually}, if they get through they don't usually leave a voice mail, and I only answer an unknown call if I want to have little sport with them {like telling them their mother is here a she is a lousy lewinsky}.
On my cell phone , if you are not listed in my directory, I NEVER answer, but I will listen to the VM and view the texts and make a decision from that.
One more thing {not about phones} but in your email, the scammers are getting more creative and sending emails that realistically look like they come from your current vendors, but only want you to click on one of the active lines, and once you do, havoc will follow.
NEVER click on anything that you are not 100000000% sure that it is legit, even if it comes from a friend or relative.