please excuse the gobbledy gook that found its way into the top of the post. thought I'd erased everything extraneous.
Considering that polling is done over a large demographic of people across the U.S.,
What does cell phone polling add it?
Not everyone has or uses cell phones exclusively!
I have a cellphone, but I also have a 'land line' phone as well.
Cellphones as 'primary' commnunication is in a minority!
All the sudden polls are garbage. Waaa waaa waaa. I assume Jimmy Breslin came to that conclusion after the Galluo poll was released.
And this statement......."Common sense would say that the majority of the 18 to 25 who do vote would vote for the Democrat".........LOL...these old geezers need to get with it!
I've heard this too. Has any of the "old way" pollsters addressed this?
I have to concur with it to some point since our house only has one land line----but in the basement for the kids (teens). The only other ones to call are telemarketers, although those have somehow drastically declined even though we're not on the no-call list either state or national.
One thing though, if most of the folks "who live on cell phones" are the younger set, then I have to say that these polls are valid, simply because they don't vote for the most part, and I sure don't see that changing very much if at all.
tl
I've had a couple of poll phone calls that turned into campaign ads. Sounded sort of real at first, but:
Started like this:
In the November General Election you are more likely to vote for
Bush Press 1
Kerry Press 2
I Press 1, and it started a tape playing typycal DNC propoganda of why a vote for Bush is bad for the country.
Most of the media polls are not conducted for the purpose of determining public opinion but to steer public opinion.