Keep in mind that, according to the American Association for Public Opinion Research statistics and numbers it takes 9600 attempts to get 500 reponses from likely voters.
I work at a university and I can tell you flat out that there is no way a small school like this can do that. Nor is there anyway a larger school would spend the money for to make the needed 9600 attempts.
So where do these college polls come from?
A friend at Quinnipiac told me his daughter “worked” for the school doing polls. She reported making up the responses whenever she could. Now THAT’s the college students I know and see regularly.
I just got polled (didn’t get name of polster)..asked what year I was born,,,didn’t like my answer (I’m not in my 20’s or 30’s). Said they didn’t need any more from my age category.