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  • Posts: 49,594
    Biden
    OnWis97 said:
    The lead is shrinking.  After the GOP convention, the writing will be on the wall.  The United States exists in the image of Donald Trump and it always will.
    In reality, the lead has been... remarkably steady for four whole months


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    edited August 2020
    Biden
    OnWis97 said:
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    Maybe I am on social media too much butI believe with all my heart that Trump is beloved among white Americans.  I also am aware that he’s methodically moving us toward authoritarianism.  And I think a third of the country is ready for that, which is all it takes.
    I don’t do social media, is this place social media? Lol
    I’ve been watching 538 and we are up a little this  week than the few previous weeks. That said, I’m worried. I wish the Dem convention was after the Gop. I’m worried.

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  • Posts: 16,994
    Biden
    Has anybody here actually been polled before for one of these presidential polls? I've been a registered voter, in two swing states (PA and FL), for almost 20 years and have never been polled once. And if anyone here has, how do they work? Are you asked simply Biden or Trump? Are you asked if you view one favorably/unfavorably? Were you asked by phone? By mail? Did someone knock on your door and ask you?
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  • Posts: 16,836
    Biden
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    Has anybody here actually been polled before for one of these presidential polls? I've been a registered voter, in two swing states (PA and FL), for almost 20 years and have never been polled once. And if anyone here has, how do they work? Are you asked simply Biden or Trump? Are you asked if you view one favorably/unfavorably? Were you asked by phone? By mail? Did someone knock on your door and ask you?
    Lived in Iowa.  Were phone calls.  Different kinds....some just "who" others asking about a specific candidate and "favorable/unfavorable"

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  • St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,078
    Biden
    cincybearcat said:
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    Lived in Iowa.  Were phone calls.  Different kinds....some just "who" others asking about a specific candidate and "favorable/unfavorable"

    i am in MO. i still have a home phone because i am old. i get polled all the time, and it is just as cincy said. they usually ask about local races and ballot issues as well but it depends on who is doing the polling.
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  • Posts: 16,994
    edited August 2020
    Biden
    cincybearcat said:
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    Lived in Iowa.  Were phone calls.  Different kinds....some just "who" others asking about a specific candidate and "favorable/unfavorable"
    I wonder if the rise of cell phones have changed exactly who gets polled. I recall my parents getting polled both during the Clinton/Dole and Bush/Gore elections. Of course, their house phone number was in the phone book like most people's were back then (and is still findable on the internet today because I just searched). But I don't have a house phone, and the cell phone number I've had since about 2004, either you know it or you don't. I can't imagine a pollster finding it and calling it to poll me. But maybe they can. I have no clue. 
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  • Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Information from Pew on how they generate phone numbers to call. It doesn't rely on known numbers or landlines, and apparently everyone has roughly a 1:154,000 chance of getting called for any particular poll. Scroll down a bit for the part on Collecting Survey Data.

    https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/u-s-survey-research/frequently-asked-questions/
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  • Posts: 16,994
    Biden
    oftenreading said:
    Information from Pew on how they generate phone numbers to call. It doesn't rely on known numbers or landlines, and apparently everyone has roughly a 1:154,000 chance of getting called for any particular poll. Scroll down a bit for the part on Collecting Survey Data.

    https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/u-s-survey-research/frequently-asked-questions/
    Well that all pretty much answers my questions, and I figure that most other polling entities do it in a similar manner as Pew. 
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  • Posts: 20,841
    I'm sitting this one out
    Who the hell answers their phone anymore?
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • Posts: 30,879
    Biden
    dankind said:
    Who the hell answers their phone anymore?
    Lonely and old people...
  • Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    Biden
    mrussel1 said:
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    Lonely and old people...
    i am neither lonely nor old. 

    but the people on the other end are usually one of the two. 
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  • Posts: 30,879
    Biden
    HughFreakingDillon said:
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    i am neither lonely nor old. 

    but the people on the other end are usually one of the two. 
    You answer your phone?  Here in the states, the TCPA rules are so laxly enforced, there's a 90% chance any call you get is spam.  No one answers unknown calls.
  • Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    Biden
    mrussel1 said:
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    You answer your phone?  Here in the states, the TCPA rules are so laxly enforced, there's a 90% chance any call you get is spam.  No one answers unknown calls.
    unknown calls wasn't specified in the comment. no, i don't answer unknown numbers. 
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  • Posts: 30,879
    Biden
    HughFreakingDillon said:
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    unknown calls wasn't specified in the comment. no, i don't answer unknown numbers. 
    I've only been polled once and it didn't say Pew or anything on the ID, so I imagine they are unknown.  I do get a robot call from my rep a few times per month and her name is on the id
  • Posts: 16,836
    Biden
    I’m becoming old but not lonely. Sometimes I have to answer calls from area code cause it could be anyone at my place of work or others cause they all have my number. So sometimes I get caught.
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  • Posts: 2,197
    Biden
    I call people all day long, dozens of people recruiting for COVID contact tracers.  I'm not surprised that people don't answer.  I'm more surprised that most people don't have a voicemail message, just "You have tried to reach 123-456-7890" instead of "This is Whomever, leave a message".  Maybe that makes me old?
  • Posts: 3,095
    Biden
    That singing of the national anthem to kick off the convention lowered my blood pressure about 20 points. 

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  • Posts: 30,879
    Biden
    Hi! said:
    That singing of the national anthem to kick off the convention lowered my blood pressure about 20 points. 
    Is that good or bad?
  • Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Biden
    dankind said:
    Who the hell answers their phone anymore?

    Hello, Brian here.  How can I help you?
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    No, no, it says here "Do not attempt to drive or operate machinery while taking this drug."

    Yes, that's right.

    OK, fine, let me know if there are any other questions I can answer.

    Good evening.
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  • Posts: 30,879
    Biden
    brianlux said:
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    Hello, Brian here.  How can I help you?
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    No, no, it says here "Do not attempt to drive or operate machinery while taking this drug."

    Yes, that's right.

    OK, fine, let me know if there are any other questions I can answer.

    Good evening.
    "No sir,  you should not eat the silicon packet in that box you opened. It says clearly 'Do Not Eat'".

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