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Originally Posted by Flaming Homer
Correct me if I'm wrong but are these polling not done by phoning people's land lines and asking them who they would vote for today? That was my understanding and if it is that way than you would think the conservative numbers in polls would actually be inflated rather than this shy torie affect. Most people still with land lines would fit their demographic of voter while lots of younger people who only have cell phones would not be getting polled.
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No, all the pollsters have moved away from calling landlines exclusively. Now they use either a combination of landline+cell or internet.