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I just don't see how the polls having Mittens in the lead can be correct.
As far as I've seen/read President Obama leads with:
African-Americans
Hispanics
Women
Young vote
So, if people actually go out and vote, how is it possible that Romney wins?
Dman292
(44 posts)I thought I heard people with cell phones only do not get polled and that they would more likely vote for Obama
BumRushDaShow
(129,644 posts)justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)and in all that time, I've never been polled.
longship
(40,416 posts)Culture and technology has eclipsed polling methodologies.
My only worry is that people use the Inet solely to confirm their biases. It's the same reason why all my Republican friends watch/listen only to Faux/Limbaugh/Hannity/etc.
But younger people have long since given up on land lines. And I remain unconvinced that pollsters have any fucking idea on how to accurately poll cell phone users.
When I had a land line, I would get polled regularly, almost every national election (every two years). Since I have been cell phone only, I have never been polled. Not once. Not even when I had both land line and cell.
The pollster models for cell phone polling is flawed. This makes it biased.
That's why I see a poll and I think to myself, "Meh!" Especially when the polls are all over the place.
Work. Vote.
quinnox
(20,600 posts)If Romney wins, it obviously means it was the result of a shadowy conspiracy involving voting machines.
Obama is guaranteed victory barring any interference from these secret plotters.