[lbo-talk] polling complications

[Michael Perelman]

In the interview with your Gallop friend, he said that cell phones were not a distorting 
factor.  Was he blowing smoke?

On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 12:49:04PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Yes, it's been known for some time, but it appears to be getting 
> worse. Also, lots of people, esp young ones, are dropping land lines 
> for cell phones (which can't be randomly dialed by pollsters), also 
> complicating things. The problem is especially problematic if younger 
> people vote in greater numbers than usual this time.
> 

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Michael Perelman
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California State University
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