• mrnotoriousman@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    From the article:

    Interviews were conducted in English, and included 319 live landline telephone interviews, 480 live cell phone interviews, and 111 online surveys via a cell phone text

    But you are right on polls not really meaning that much. Especially over a year away.

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      1 year ago

      Also, you have to take into account the weirdos who answer unknown numbers on their cell phones

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        That’s a valid point. Not many people do. Pollsters have a tough road ahead of them, because actually doing a scientifically valid poll is getting harder.