Do you have a landline or a cell phone?

[CreekDog]

if you have only a cell phone, several of the tracking pollsters cannot call you. (the automated ones)

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	Cellphone only
	30 (54%)
	Landline only
	4 (7%)
	Landline and Cellphone
	22 (39%)
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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Both. I rarely use the cell phone, though...

[GoCubsGo]

5. Same here.

The cell phone is a no-contract phone for emergencies.

[madokie]

8. Rarely use the land line here

we only have it for my wifes job otherwise we'd not have one.

[Liberalynn]

17. I'm the same

[ProudProgressiveNow]

2. Cell phone only....

for 15 years... I am 58 yo.

[MightyAfrodite]

3. I've been polled three times on my landline ....

(which is weird because, before this election, I'd never been polled). I haven't been polled at all on my cell phone.

[onehandle]

4. Both, but the landline is only for our alarm system.

We don't even have a phone hooked up to it.

[loyalsister]

32. That and personal security devices are good reasons to have a landline

n\t

[lpbk2713]

39. ... and if you ever need to fax

[Raine]

42. Same here, I need it for my security system. nt

[Blue_In_AK]

6. Have both

but we only use the cell phone when traveling. I don't usually answer the land line during election seasons, though. I figure if someone really wants to talk to me, they'll leave a message. I get several hang-ups a day. I'm sure I'm not alone in this.

[Shrike47]

25. We're the same. All the calls right now are political

Or offers to discuss our credit card debt (since we have no credit card debt, those make me a little suspicious.)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

7. I voted cellphone since my landline is a busness line and cannot be called by pollsters. nt

[Lars39]

9. There's another combination or two...

I have Net Talk Duo and a cellphone.

[Shankapotomus]

36. How's the net talk?

Any issues with it?

[Lars39]

41. I like it...call quality's pretty good.

Saving pennies to move up to Ooma...it's even cheaper, with best sound quality and customer service.

[leftyohiolib]

10. i dont like the idea of putting a radiating device that close to my head or other body parts

my job requires that i have one but i sits in the truck well away from me

[MountainMazza]

11. they'll never get me on my land-line....I'm never home

[qanda]

12. You need another option

I have both but I only answer my landline if I recognize who the caller is.

[JustAnotherGen]

13. Our landline

Is strictly for my husband's business. Even during working hours - if he's working from home - he forwards the calls to his shop - and then his admin reaches out to him on his cell if it is urgent.

[AsahinaKimi]

14. My land line is used for my computer only

And I rarely get calls on my cellphones, from people I don't know.

[Old and In the Way]

15. Cell only......and I think this is a huge unknown variable in all polling analysis

Interested in seeing how this DU poll goes....I believe that 'cell only user' skews more to Democrats (a younger, urban, tech savvy demographic) and this population is growing - fewer people get hardline phones anymore and the polling will continue to deteriorate as this polling methodology becomes more suspect over time.

[CreekDog]

18. the landline + cell phone is likely a higher income demographic

just my guess.

[dipsydoodle]

16. Both

but we don't any of those calls here in the UK.

[seabeyond]

19. i hardly ever use my cell. mostly land. people that assume i will answer cell over land

generally dont get me. until i find the phone and think to check it. could be a day or two.

[2theleft]

20. Both...but

i NEVER answer the house phone. Only really have it for the alarm system and for conference calls when I work from home.

[TwilightGardener]

21. Both--I don't care for the reception on cell phones. There's a weird

delay, the call quality is worse, and it's forgotten in the car half the time.

[RomneyLies]

23. I've got both

And my wife has a cell phone, too.

We do not ever answer our landline, though. We only accept messages on that line.

[MoonRiver]

24. Both and use each one about equally.

I do not ever answer for pollsters or anybody I don't know.

[HappyMe]

26. I have both.

I have caller id that shows up in the tv. So, I can avoid surveys and polls if I want.

[sdfernando]

27. I have both

but I rarely use the land line...BUT it did come in handy during our big power outage here in San Diego last year. The cell towers tanked, no cell service, but the land line still worked (have 1 wired handset in my bedroom). Of course, most of the people I would want to call use cell phones so it wasn't THAT useful. Still if I needed to call 911 for any reason, that would work.

[BarackTheVote]

28. Cell only, and I call-screen.

My parents still have a landline, but they never answer it.

[obamanut2012]

35. Only telemarketers and my grandmother call my parents' landline

I think they keep it from a habit of 40 years more than anything -- they both mainly use their cells. My sister and BIL dropped their landline this past year.

[TexasBushwhacker]

40. Yup, cell only and I don't answer unknown numbers

and most people I know are the same way. My roommate has gotten 3 robocalls on her landline though.

[nolabear]

29. Land line is fax only. It scares me if it actually rings!

I lol this morning when Stephanie Miller also said she had that "Who's in the house?" reaction when it rang.

[Coyotl]

30. What about those of us with no phone at all?

[Bake]

31. Cell only

Don't need another line, so why pay for one?



Bake

[obamanut2012]

33. Cell only for several years

I save quite a large amount of money every month.

[Recovered Repug]

34. Cell phone only.

I dropped my landline a couple of years ago when I realized that the only time I used it was when telemarketers called.

[hamsterjill]

37. I'm in my 50's and let go of my land line about a year ago.

Obviously, this was AFTER the 2008 election. I have cell phone service only.

I'm wondering how many other people may have made this decision since 2008. Especially those of us who aren't college age, etc.

[Go Vols]

38. both

90% land line,10% cell

[CreekDog]

43. kick