mod mom
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Sat Feb-02-08 10:25 AM
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Obama is winning the youth vote. Wouldn't the polls be skewed due to cell phones? |
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They younger folks who work with my husband all rely on cell phones w/o land lines. I believe this to be true nationwide. Couldn't this be a big factor in why the polls have been so far off? Just wondering.
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Sat Feb-02-08 10:26 AM
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1. I believe that it could. |
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Edited on Sat Feb-02-08 10:26 AM by Windy
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Sat Feb-02-08 10:27 AM
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2. Yes. Cell phones don't get the polls, and MANY people don't have land lines. |
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Most of the people I know under 30 don't have landlines at all.
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Sat Feb-02-08 10:34 AM
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I know they adjust their polls for the demographic of the state polled. The polls haven't necessarily not favored Obama, have they - NH for instance?
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Sat Feb-02-08 10:36 AM
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4. I think they are skewed or inaccurate. |
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Sat Feb-02-08 10:46 AM
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5. we gave up our land line 5 years ago |
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Edited on Sat Feb-02-08 10:46 AM by madrchsod
everyone in the house has a cell...
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Sat Feb-02-08 10:59 AM
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6. A pollster on NPR said it's not a problem. |
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He said that the majority of cell-only people are under 30 and that their political views have been found to track well with "landline" young people, so it doesn't drastically affect the results to use landline only.
Sounds sensible, but is it true?
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Sat Feb-02-08 11:00 AM
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7. There is a reason Hillary is spending a ton of time in California |
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a State she is suppose to have a significant lead in.
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Sat Feb-02-08 11:01 AM
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8. We're a stickly cell phone family who is in Clintons camp. |
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Sat Feb-02-08 11:04 AM
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9. My three kids only use cell phones |
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And their sig. others only use cell phones. That's six Obama fans who are not counted.
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Sat Feb-02-08 01:43 PM
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10. I often forget to charge my cell phone and since I have kids, I would never think |
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of going w/o a landline, but there is a whole slew of under 30's who do.
Your family account for six, I wonder how many more out there aren't being polled.
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