ClydeR
05-25-2012, 10:39 AM
Lot of attention focused on this fact..
*** The importance of cell phones: Want to see how cell phones make a difference in political surveys? In our NBC-Marist poll of Florida, Romney leads with landline respondents, 48%-45%. But Obama leads among cell phone respondents, 57%-34%. And in Virginia, Romney’s up one among landline folks, 47%-46%, while Obama is up 54%-36% with cell users. (By the way, 28% of our interviews in OH and FL were conducted on cell phone; 27% in VA.)
More... (http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/24/11859035-first-thoughts-mr-48)
Unanswered is the question of whether that makes the polls unreliable. And of course the answer depends on whether or not cell phone users make up more or less than 28% of voter turnout.
*** The importance of cell phones: Want to see how cell phones make a difference in political surveys? In our NBC-Marist poll of Florida, Romney leads with landline respondents, 48%-45%. But Obama leads among cell phone respondents, 57%-34%. And in Virginia, Romney’s up one among landline folks, 47%-46%, while Obama is up 54%-36% with cell users. (By the way, 28% of our interviews in OH and FL were conducted on cell phone; 27% in VA.)
More... (http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/24/11859035-first-thoughts-mr-48)
Unanswered is the question of whether that makes the polls unreliable. And of course the answer depends on whether or not cell phone users make up more or less than 28% of voter turnout.