Study: Omitting cell phone users may affect polls

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WASHINGTON - People with only cell phones may differ enough from those with landline telephones that excluding the growing population of cell-only users from public opinion polls may slightly skew the results, a study has concluded.

- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/ap_on_el_pr/polls_cell_phones

Isn't this what the DU has been saying for weeks now as these polls have come out? Nice to see the rest of the country catching up. :)

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. If pollsters want to call me on my cell, they had damned well better reimburse me for my expenses

There is absolutely no f-ing way I will pay a per-minute charge for the "priviledge" of being push-polled.

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3. that's why it's illegal.

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2. our "cell phone only" advantage roughly cancels out their "vote counting" advantage.

[BonnieJW]

4. Also you have to factor in caller ID.

I never pick up call when the ID says Unknown Caller over an 800 number.

[Indenturedebtor]

5. We've been saying it for years even. Whoever has an internal lead with older voters gets a skew n/t

[TooRaLoo]

6. Yep, yep, yep.

This is why I don't take polls very seriously. But I must admit enjoying the "good" ones.

[MrsCorleone]

7. Most all of my friends & family members rely solely on cell phones. Very few have landlines nowadays

I can count on one hand the number of peeps that I know that have landlines as well as cell.