tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post4149514094421437260..comments2024-03-27T19:01:21.504-06:00Comments on Enik Rising: The cellphone biasSeth Maskethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178036016555722068noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post-78990975848486603752008-09-22T13:06:00.000-06:002008-09-22T13:06:00.000-06:00thanks. now i know and knowing is half the battle!...thanks. now i know and knowing is half the battle!Eric Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02891264653947139087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post-57253409898450964802008-09-22T13:01:00.000-06:002008-09-22T13:01:00.000-06:00The odds of any one voter being contacted are pret...The odds of any one voter being contacted are pretty remote, actually. Say there are 100 polls in a race. They each contact about 1,000 people. Even if they each contacted totally different people, that's only 100,000 people out of 200,000,000 registered voters: a 1 in 2,000 chance of being contacted. Also, they might have called you, but you weren't home and they wouldn't bother to leave a message. Or maybe you wouldn't pick up a number that you didn't recognize. <BR/><BR/>If you really want to be polled, be home every evening between 5 and 8pm and answer every call you get on your land line. But even that will only improve your odds slightly.Seth Maskethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178036016555722068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post-45914351830869890822008-09-22T12:40:00.000-06:002008-09-22T12:40:00.000-06:00i read all these polling numbers and i continually...i read all these polling numbers and i continually ask myself: why have i never been polled? is there some special place you have to live to be a part of the polling numbers? Who are these polls polling? <BR/><BR/>I've been a voter for 14 years and not once have i been asked who i was going to vote for. is it because i never answer the 1-800 numbers? essplainittome...Eric Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02891264653947139087noreply@blogger.com