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dameatball

(7,396 posts)
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 06:35 AM Nov 2020

Is it unusual to have voted in every election since 1976 and NOT ever been "polled?"

Never by phone. Never in an exit poll. I have always been registered and had a telephone. I have been contacted by fundraisers so it isn't that I'm hard to find.

Hey, maybe I am the margin for error.

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Is it unusual to have voted in every election since 1976 and NOT ever been "polled?" (Original Post) dameatball Nov 2020 OP
A land line? MFM008 Nov 2020 #1
Yes I have always had a land line. Now both. dameatball Nov 2020 #3
Not really. Consider that there are over 200 million eligible voters in the US, The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #2
I haven't been pulled since 1996. dubyadiprecession Nov 2020 #4
1000 per poll times 1000 polls Per year is only 1 million people polled Cicada Nov 2020 #5
I've only been polled once in all those years. 2naSalit Nov 2020 #6
I answered a poll once since 1976 (my 1st time to vote) CozyMystery Nov 2020 #7

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)
2. Not really. Consider that there are over 200 million eligible voters in the US,
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 06:42 AM
Nov 2020

and most polls sample only about 1,000 people, so the probability that any particular person would be contacted by a pollster is quite small. I've never been called, either - but then, I don't answer my phone if I don't recognize the number.

CozyMystery

(652 posts)
7. I answered a poll once since 1976 (my 1st time to vote)
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 07:47 AM
Nov 2020

It was a Republican poll, calling my husband's phone. I decided to take the call, and answered everything in this skewed poll, for Biden and Democrats. This poll had been calling my husband a lot, and he thought they were telemarketers, so he didn't answer. On this day, my husband was not home, so I took a chance it would be worthwhile to find out who it was.

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