What does it say when Trump supporterrs don't answer polls?

Titties and Beer said:
It says you liberals will be in for a slaughtering they won't believe.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/03/midterm-polls-undercount-republicans/
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It's kind of funny to read that story and then go look at the actual numbers from the polls.

What caught my attention in the poll’s details was the information that 45 percent of respondents had a college degree. A check of the most recent census data indicates that in Ohio, only about 29 percent of the adult population has a bachelor’s degree or higher.
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It seems the author can't read the poll results:

College graduate 38% (Poll respondents)
The 45% percent college graduate is for the people that said they were definitely going to vote.
https://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-co...arist-Poll_OH-NOS-and-Tables_202209161714.pdf

While the 38% in the poll vs 29% from the Census may seem quite different they may not be all that far off. The 29% from the census is an estimate based on polling and has a margin of error so could actually be low. Then the poll itself has a margin of error. The Marist poll may have a democratic bias but it isn't because of the false claims of the author.
 
Men 30 to 50 don't answer polls.

Would you if you could lose your career and reputation and everything you worked hard for by moron wokedness. I see a slaughter.
 
Most polling is done off zip codes and land line telephones. The move to cell phones represents an enormous problem for pollsters. Many people keep their phone and phone number when they move. This becomes a serious issue because now the pollster is getting inaccurate information about where the person being polled is actually going to vote and is registered to vote.

For example, me. I moved recently. Pollsters think I still live in Phoenix when I now live in Peoria. This is because my phone area code is 602 not 623 where Peoria is. They also think I'm voting in a different congressional race than the one I actually am voting in.
It can get worse. If you moved from out-of-state, you could well still have an area code that isn't even in the state you are in and the pollster wouldn't know that. Asking for a zip code doesn't help much since many overlap voting districts meaning there's no real way to know who you will be voting for for sure.

That's just a small portion of the problems brought on by new technology with polling and why so many polls tend to be inaccurate.
 
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