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cheezmaka

(737 posts) Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:39 PM Sep 2012

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Obama's Lead in the polls are BIGGER in samples that "include" cell phones

I had gotten a call yesterday from a pollster from Utah on my "landline" phone. After I hung up, I thought to myself, "most of my friends have cell phones instead of landlines. This poll by 538 shows significant INCREASE in Obama's numbers when cell numbers are called in addition to landlines...

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/obamas-lead-looks-stronger-in-polls-that-include-cellphones/

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Obama's Lead in the polls are BIGGER in samples that "include" cell phones (Original Post) cheezmaka Sep 2012 OP

Obama's a loser, we need a website that can un-skew these skewed polls!!11!!!1!!!1!!! NYC_SKP Sep 2012 #1

Gee, I wonder who was doing that poll out of Utah? SunSeeker Sep 2012 #2

the phone service may have been out of Utah cheezmaka Sep 2012 #3

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

1. Obama's a loser, we need a website that can un-skew these skewed polls!!11!!!1!!!1!!!

Reply to cheezmaka (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:41 PM

Sep 2012

Wow the disinfo this season on DU is Hugh.

SunSeeker

(51,811 posts)

2. Gee, I wonder who was doing that poll out of Utah?

Reply to cheezmaka (Original post)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 12:03 AM

Sep 2012

I thought most of the major polls included cell lines. Looks like Romney is trying to create himself some better numbers.

cheezmaka

(737 posts)

3. the phone service may have been out of Utah

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 06:10 AM

Sep 2012

but the actual company using the service could have been from another location

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