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Harris ups lead over Trump, although presidential race still on knife-edge
(www.theguardian.com)
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But how do you even make an educated guess anymore? So few people answer their phone now that there's no way you'll get any idea.
They use other survey methods. Go read any methodology and it will describe how they collected their data.
But that would require learning stuff instead of spouting off whatever negative shit feels good
They just keep going down the list until they have enough respondents to use for the data.
I don't think there is a list of phone numbers out there that can give you anything close to an educated guess for people under 30. They don't even like to talk on the phone. They'd rather be texted.
Polling companies have a standard number of people they need that will cover their demographic requirements (ie: age, income, location). They keep going down their list of phone numbers until those requirements are fulfilled.
But again, how can they accurately get that in terms of opinion when so few people under 30 are willing to answer their phones? It doesn't matter what your demographics are when you're still restricted to the small number of people under 30 that are willing to answer their phones, making them outliers to begin with.
Their lists are millions of names long. It takes them a lot longer than it did 30 years ago, but they slog away at it until they get enough.
It's faster. They use more methods than just calling, but the calls can be automated and the data entry digitized. (I know there are restrictions on robodialing, but I'm sure surveys have an exemption or approval process.)
Nanos in Canada still does it the old way.
I would suggest that the fact that the polls are all over the map supports my point.