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To: Roads End who wrote (79801)10/22/2004 2:44:53 PM
From: KyrosL  Read Replies (1) of 793999
 
The cellular phone only voting block is represented in the polls and always has been.

This article seems to contradict this:

World of the wireless stymies political pollsters
Those who use only cell phones difficult to track for surveys

"The surging number of people who are "cutting the cord," abandoning wired telephone lines for cellular phones, is suddenly presenting political pollsters with a vexing problem -- the prospect that their surveys may be undercounting younger voters in this election who have decamped for a wireless lifestyle.

The American Association for Public Opinion Research, a trade group representing professional pollsters, is so concerned that it has run seminars on the subject this year. The federal government, one of the most voracious users of polling data, has conducted in-depth research to learn more about the growing number of cell phone-only people, who are excluded from traditional polls.

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Full article here:

sfgate.com
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