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minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·7 months agoA lot of polling organizations are still in the practice of just calling numbers in random parts of the country and asking who you plan to vote for. Who still answers random numbers they don’t recognize? The answer is old people.
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoNot just calling “number,” calling land lines.
minus-squareKevonLooney@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoOld people and lonely people. People who are insecure and want to talk to others, but they have few people willing to put up with them. Trump voters.
minus-squareRiven@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoSimilar thing for online polls. Tech savvy people would lean left and we tech people, by in large, wouldn’t bother wasting our time on these polls. Meanwhile the people who do usually lean toward a certain side.
A lot of polling organizations are still in the practice of just calling numbers in random parts of the country and asking who you plan to vote for.
Who still answers random numbers they don’t recognize? The answer is old people.
Not just calling “number,” calling land lines.
Old people and lonely people. People who are insecure and want to talk to others, but they have few people willing to put up with them. Trump voters.
Similar thing for online polls. Tech savvy people would lean left and we tech people, by in large, wouldn’t bother wasting our time on these polls. Meanwhile the people who do usually lean toward a certain side.