Comments on: Oh My Word A Dreaded Poll

By: Joe Herman/ U.S Army/Ret.

Joe Herman/ U.S Army/Ret. — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:08:20 +0000

Take a poll on how many disabled veterans cannot get life insurance.
So you can fight for a nation that has the largest insurance industry in the world, but you cannot get life insurance from the nation you just defended. How many Americans know this?

By: mike_brewer

mike_brewer — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:28:37 +0000

Was that Ozzie and Harriet? Cash Green?

By: Cash Green

Cash Green — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:20:13 +0000

One more point. Even though it was many years ago I was in a Nielsen family.

By: Cash Green

Cash Green — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:18:28 +0000

I must be on somebody’s sucker list. Even though my number is only a little over a year old I get called all the time. Both consumer and political pollsters call me. Got one just this morning.

By: winnieo

winnieo — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:18:09 +0000

I was polled by Gallup in the 70’s. Tip is right about the land line problem, although Gallup did start calling cell phones in January.

Surely “blocked calls” affects polling, and I would bet that call blocking is more prevalent among certain groups of people. Not sure who that would be, but it seems a reasonable probability.

By: mорское

mорское — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:13:29 +0000

generally you have to be in the country …….. from 2001 to 2007 i wasn’t here that often.

polls seem to mena little anyway ………. they usually say one thing and then so somthing different.

and tippy is right, line lands are going the way of the dinosaur

By: tiponeill

tiponeill — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:48:06 +0000

Haven’t had a land line for years – and the real polls are still totally dependent upon land-line polling.
“Internet polls” don’t count.