Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumTwo polls for Iowa...One poll for New Hampshire in the entire month of December...
Last time 14 polls...why so few this go around. Money -polls are expensive and the fact that people screen their calls and don't pick up the phone for unknown numbers. please note how few polls there are this go round. And none of the polls qualify for a debate.
https://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/not-many-polls-in-december-for-first-states-in-democratic-primary-75772997897
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
honest.abe
(8,678 posts)Quality polling is very useful and informative but so many are garbage or fake and many are abused. I tend to think we are better off without them.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,582 posts)state of the race.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
W_HAMILTON
(7,867 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,582 posts)you have no real way of calling Democrats with cell phones.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
W_HAMILTON
(7,867 posts)And most of the reputable pollsters use randomly generated numbers to determine who to call, so, there is no way they can single out who is on a land line vs. who is on a cell phone.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,582 posts)Polling is not working right now...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
W_HAMILTON
(7,867 posts)Honestly, it sounds like you could benefit from doing some research into how this sort of polling is actually conducted rather than assuming things based on your lack of knowledge on the subject. Read through the methodology of one of the reputable pollsters (Quinnipiac, for instance). It is only a page or two.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,582 posts)voters...there has to be a better way. Also, the most reliable polls are likely voter polls...and it is near impossible to have those these days...and people lie to pollsters too about who they support.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)think. We have had some crazy civiqs poll trying to tag itself to ISU.. but no on is giving that one the time of day.. it is an online poll... at some point, pollsters are going to have to dig down and start door knocking to get some kind of reliable info.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,582 posts)ring the door bell...and that has its own issues too. In 08 and in 12 we asked...can we count on your support? and marked the addresses...everyone did this in every state...so our internals devised from this and professional pollsters were pretty good.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden