• Dupree878@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Polling relies on people answering the phone or mail so you largely get responses from uneducated and out of touch people

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        There’s no control when there’s no way to verify the accuracy of what people are telling you. You can’t verify their income, race, age, social status, truthfulness of answers (a recent problem was people not admitting they were Trump fans in 2016).