2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumCalls for BO in OH tonight
... just volunteered for an hour to do campaign calls to likely democrats or undecideds. I kid you not, went through many pages of registrations, did not talk to A SINGLE person on the list. One answering machine after another.
Which gets another incite into why the polls are looking like malarkey. It would be a statistical null result that of 200+ people, not a single random person would be home to take the call, whether for Romney or Obama.
If that's what is happening in other polls, you are not going to get any type of reliable forecast.
DrToast
(6,414 posts)I can't imagine what it would be like to live in OH right now.
rightsideout
(978 posts)Not sure if this makes any difference but calling around 6:00 pm catches people going out, picking kids up, dropping kids off, having dinner, going out for dinner. Some people don't answer during dinner time.
Plus more people are using cell phones as their main line now. Land lines aren't as effective to solicit to as before.
Just some ideas on the lack of response.
elleng
(130,974 posts)of likely/not responses.
abumbyanyothername
(2,711 posts)my parents refuse to answer the phone.
Too many calls.
Pirate Smile
(27,617 posts)polled ever anymore but it's still much better. Plus the local OFA office has my number so that's not a problem.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)And refuse to answer their phones.
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)Everyone who puts in time and effort, boots on the ground, time on the phone is working for the peace that will be possible with an adult in charge for 4 more years.
THANKS!
Firebirds01
(576 posts)I said I was voting for the Pres, Brown, and that I was a Dem.
It was a nice person with an asian accent (I asked but appologized for asking). I always answer the phone but Im on of the few who do. The people who called were out of Ogden utah.