I posted my comments re the vanishing line connected phones and the problem for pollsters back in August. I was chided by probably those employed by polling companies and probably Clinton trolls. Below is my post, maybe more relevant now than last August.
Many of the so called pollsters have been Democrat Operatives for decades going back to when they predicted Carter would beat Reagan.
Pollsters today are like the buggy whip makers in the early 1900’s, facing economic devastation because they can’t poll many people. They are in a losing battle with social media and cell phones.
Now, they are trying to compete with cell phones, social media and the problem of less landline phones.
More and more people on both ends of the age spectrum do not have landline phones. They only have cell phones.
Does anyone with a cell phone ever answer any unknown numbers and specifically any 800 #’s?
Probably not.
We use no more robocalls on our two land lines. Zero pollsters have gotten through since we started using no more robocalls, 2 plus years ago.
None of our voting age relatives have received a call from any pollster this election. That is 20+ Trump voters.
Then, there is this on social media versus polls:
Social Media Patterns Show Trump Is Looking at a Landslide Victory
Gateway Pundit ^ | Aug 7th, 2016 | Jim Hoft
Posted on 8/7/2016, 8:32:37 AM by detective
Current polls show the race for President is much tighter than it really is. Ann Coulter warned us years ago in her bestseller Slander that Democrats and the liberal media always use polls to manipulate and discourage conservatives from voting. Thanks to social media there is more and more evidence that the polls are way off and if things stay as they are, Trump will win in a landslide!
It’s evident that, Hillary has a hard time filling a Union Hall or high school gym while Trump regularly turns people away from his stadium and arena venues.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3457347/posts
A final question have you or any Trump voters, you know, actually been polled this year?
1x, I think it was for my local congress critter DeSanto....
1x, I think it was for my local congress critter DeSanto....
1x, I think it was for my local congress critter DeSanto....
I was polled earlier tonight on the house landline by Quinnepac. So yes it does happen. (I’m in PA.)
Pretty basic stuff, no questions about policy or how well anybody is doing, just who are you going to vote for, what’s your party, do you follow politics, do you vote, will you vote, and a couple of demographic questions.
They also asked if I had a cell phone, and how often did I use it. That might be a little groundwork for the next election.
No polling calls that I know of.
But a lot—2 or 3 each day-— of calls that begin “Congratulations! You have been selected...” and I hang up. Now I wonder if these are pollsters.
I’m 74 and have never been called by a pollster.