Has anyone here been polled for any race this year?

[dubyadiprecession]

I know, I haven’t had any calls, asking about my preference for any candidate.

[Sherman A1]

1. A couple of calls for our local primaries in June

but that's it. If I don't recognize the number I don't answer.

[hlthe2b]

2. I've completed a few emailed youGov surveys, but I don't answer unknown phone numbers

I don't doubt I've been called for surveys, but I get too many scam calls to answer. This is a sad fact, frankly that only underscores the need for FEDS to crack down on spam calls.

[Claustrum]

4. Exactly this!!!

I would have answered my calls if not for most of the calls from unknown callers are scam calls.

[Beakybird]

3. Being out of work self-employed, I often answer unrecognizable phone numbers.

I did get polled.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Not me-- I've been polled maybe 3 or 4 times in my life. But, if your point is...

that polls are full of it, that's not how statistics works. Many, perhaps most, of us will ever be polled, but the properly run polls are still valid.

Let's say 10 polls each ask 1,000 people. 10,000/129,000,000 (the number of households in the US)= 7.2e-5. That is a very small number-- only a few thousandths of a percent chance of being called, but it reliably shows the big picture.

How, you may ask? Tough to answer here-- take a statistics course or look up the various types of random sampling.

[dubyadiprecession]

10. Well, we do have a constant barrage of polls coming out everyday.

After a while, it makes you think that they’re made up. Especially, if you haven’t been polled in years....no pun intended

[Jersey Devil]

6. Polled last week in NC by PPP

I was also polled in early September.

[safeinOhio]

8. Yes a week or two ago.

I think the company was SSCS or something like that and said they were hired by CNN. Seem good, no loaded questions.
I lied a little and said I was a republican and voting for Joe.

[Firestorm49]

9. I get surveys from Civiqs regularly.