Comments on: Cell-Onlies: Report on a Test

By: Sheree

Sheree — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:11:49 +0000

I totally agree with the comments of Aaron and the comments of Bhrandon. Yes, Mr. Langer may be a two-time Emmy Award winner but, perhaps he may be a little too old to really connect with the progressiveness of technology and the technological mindset of the cell only phone user in conducting polls.
He states he conducted a poll, “Across 100 response categories.” I would think that you would have to have a larger response base to reach the conclusions express in this article. It is too quick to rely on what small data was collected.
Anyone doing sound research, on fickle cell only phone users who base the answering of the phone on what their caller id indicates, is only fooling themselves and relying on faulty data. Another mechanism has to be used in sorting through the data.
Time will tell, when the election results come in; when the nation sees a blowout and debate how off the polls really were. This is my prediction.

By: SHE MI

SHE MI — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:36:31 +0000

BING AREN’T THEY SUPPOSE CAMPAIGN IN A PLACE WHERE THEY’RE NOT IN THE LEAD, IF IT WAS INNER CITY TAMPA AND 60,000 SHOWED UP, THEN THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL, THATS SAYING SOMETHING, BUT NOT A MILITARY RETIREMENT COMMUNITY PLEASE! OF COURSE EVERYONE WOULD SHOW UP

By: karela

karela — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:40:21 +0000

These “neglible” differences are greater than the margins that decided the last two presidential elections. I think they’re important.

By: dl

dl — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:44:20 +0000

Obama: “I’ll just set this one out until I know the results. That way, I can freely criticize those who actually acted.”

By: Angel

Angel — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:36:13 +0000

“57 percent of cell-only respondents under age 30 supported Obama, compared with 64 percent of landline respondents under 30;”
Defeating the myth: Most people thought Obama’ support among young voters with cell-only was higher than among young voters with landline phones.
Good job

By: Bhrandon

Bhrandon — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:18:38 +0000

another thing that i will ad is that if i see a unidentified or a company name calling me on my phone that i have no ties to, i wont answer….
what is the caller id of these polling places
if it says cbs polling center or quinnipac polling center i would answer
i think other cell phone users would do similar, although i can only speak for myself

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:42:56 +0000

Wait — a 50% shift in the gap between the two candidates among likely voters is “negligible”?
In a race that appears extremely close, a methodology difference that opens up an extra 2 points between Obama and McCain has HUGE implications.
I’m baffled that you could write off a shift like that as “negligible.”

By: Mark David Richards

Mark David Richards — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:27:09 +0000

Thanks – This answers a question that comes up all the time and is very informative and useful information.