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Don't ask
« on: October 27, 2016, 07:44:24 PM »
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pollsters-scramble-as-fewer-people-take-their-phone-calls/ar-AAjtw8N?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=UE12DHP


As fewer and fewer people make themselves available for answering polls, polls become less dependable.

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In 1997, 36% of households sampled agreed to participate in a poll, according to the Pew Research Center. Now it is 9%. This means thousands more calls must be made for a telephone survey to reach a sufficient sample.