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Pollsters know that, so they phrase questions to avoid the issue, like: "Would you rather see the Republicans or the Democrats in control of Congress, or doesn
by leereeves 4y ago
Pollsters know that, so they phrase questions to avoid the issue, like:
"Would you rather see the Republicans or the Democrats in control of Congress, or doesn’t
this matter to you?"
(from Monmouth)
- Retric 4y agoThat doesn’t help when you ask if someone is a likely voter and they say no because of who’s running. Granted it doesn’t say it’s asking likely voters, but somehow they got 95% of responses say they are registered voters when only 50% of Americans are registered voters. (Page 8) https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/documents/monmouthpoll_us_102022.pdf/ https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/documents/monmout...
- leereeves 4y ago> somehow they got 95% of responses say they are registered voters That's 95% of people who are old enough to respond to the poll (under 18 are excluded without reporting) and don't hang up. I don't find it strange that people who aren't registered to vote hang up without responding to the poll.
- Retric 4y agoThere are many possibilities, but the point stands that it’s clearly a very biased sample. Almost 80% of people between 65-74 are registered voters but that’s still a long way from 95%.