• Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    The last couple of elections have shown the polls to be unreliable with a distinct bias favoring Republicans in appearance. Last I heard the popular theory was boomers are more likely to answer random calls and have time for a bunch of questions.

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      5 months ago

      No. The polls do swing about 4% but it’s in a random direction in every election no matter what.

      Almost no polls use landline random digit dialing exclusively anymore. Some call cell phones, some do online surveys or in person surveys, and some do focus groups.

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        5 months ago

        Almost no polls use landline […] Some call cell phones

        Yes; that’s entirely consistent with what I said. I wasn’t even considering that some polls might be calling landlines when I made my comment.