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This is anecdotal at best but I’ve had caller I.D. for about a year now. (Yes, I’m way behind the times.)

I used to answer all calls no matter what the I.D. number was. In my experience, all calls from “Unknown” were either solicitations from the Republican Party or pollsters and the occasional solicitation.

I don’t answer any calls from “Unknown” anymore.

Also, I don’t think cell phone numbers are even available to pollsters but I may be wrong about that. I live in WI but my cell phone # has a CA area code, long story, and if I was polled via my cell phone it would be useless info.

Do polls fall under the no call list restrictions too?

Absolutely. Huge loophole purposely put into the bill. All the annoying calls I get are push polls where the questions are like "If you could get all the carpets in your house clean for just $39.95 would you do it?" followed by "Of the three carpet cleaning companies that serve your area, 'A. Never Heard of It', 'B. Never Heard of This One Either', or 'C. Clean Carpets For Just $39.95' would you use?", and then "Do you prefer to use a toll-free number for your carpet cleaning company?", and then "Which of the toll-free numbers for carpet clening companies would you use most? 'A. 800-738-9243', 'B. 800-783-9423', or 'C. 800-CARPETS'?".

Not that I get that far anymore. If it isn't a friend calling I politely say "I'm not interested" and hang up without waiting for the part of the script where they handle the first objection.