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This looks like a desperate excuse.
Conservatives use cell phones - as well as the internet (which has surprised the left).
The point is the 18 to 30 crown mostly use cell phones, and have no land lines, and pollsters usually ignore cell phones. The majority of 18 to 30 crowd are liberal or vote for democrats. It is easy to see why the polls could be unbalanced.
Most Americans have cell phones - of all age demographics... I don't know of any 30 to 50 year olds in my immediate circle who don't have one... In fact, the 30-50 yr olds are more likely to vote than the 10-30 crowd... Those are important numbers to consider...
Without underlying data there's no way to prove any unbalance...
The point is the 18 to 30 crown mostly use cell phones, and have no land lines, and pollsters usually ignore cell phones. The majority of 18 to 30 crowd are liberal or vote for democrats. It is easy to see why the polls could be unbalanced.
Most Americans have cell phones - of all age demographics... I don't know of any 30 to 50 year olds in my immediate circle who don't have one... In fact, the 30-50 yr olds are more likely to vote than the 10-30 crowd... Those are important numbers to consider...
Without underlying data there's no way to prove any unbalance...
Not just "have a cell phone", but "have a cell phone only" in that they don't have a landline and don't pop up on the pollster's radar.
Like you said, it might be statistically insignificant, but I think it's a relatively point.
I'm horrified at the thought of telemarketers and political groups hounding me on my mobile.
This type of "under represented" spin causes me to wonder if there will be legislation forthcoming to force the mobile phone companies to make our numbers available to pollsters in the interest of fairness.
I don't know any person my age who has access to a land-line phone. Even the couple friends I have still living with their parents don't have land-lines. Basic logic that this is going to generally skew against Democrats in polls because of demographics. I don't know why they're not polling with cell phones... unless it has something to do with a law banning the practice.
I don't know any person my age who has access to a land-line phone. Even the couple friends I have still living with their parents don't have land-lines. Basic logic that this is going to generally skew against Democrats in polls because of demographics. I don't know why they're not polling with cell phones... unless it has something to do with a law banning the practice.
Please support this with data....
Yeah I think there is. My number's on a blacklist type thing where telemarketers can't call. This probably includes pollsters, too. I like not getting telemarketers hassling me about vacuum cleaners and magazine subscriptions. But I wouldn't mind be contacted by legit pollsters, so it would be nice if there was a way to separate the two and allow the option to be contacted by both, one, or neither.BTW, I'm pretty sure there is a law against soliciting anything over cell phones... Don't know for sure, but if there weren't then we'd be getting calls...
Ok... You said "basic logic" says this would skew to D, so I didn't read that as your opinion... Thanks for clarifying...I don't know any person my age who has access to a land-line phone. Even the couple friends I have still living with their parents don't have land-lines. Basic logic that this is going to generally skew against Democrats in polls because of demographics. I don't know why they're not polling with cell phones... unless it has something to do with a law banning the practice.
Please support this with data....
I don't know of any conclusive data. It's a hypothesis on my part, but not set in stone.
Yeah I think there is. My number's on a blacklist type thing where telemarketers can't call. This probably includes pollsters, too. I like not getting telemarketers hassling me about vacuum cleaners and magazine subscriptions. But I wouldn't mind be contacted by legit pollsters, so it would be nice if there was a way to separate the two and allow the option to be contacted by both, one, or neither.BTW, I'm pretty sure there is a law against soliciting anything over cell phones... Don't know for sure, but if there weren't then we'd be getting calls...
An argument can be made that including cell surveys would skew to the older population, as they are more likely to answer a call from an unknown caller and stay on the line for a survey...
Think about it...
