there's an impulse to dismiss polls you don't like, or to refuse to believe a poll on the grounds that polls don't matter...but polls are really useful!
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people talk about info bubbles. polls tell you what the folks you're not talking to think. obviously they're not all perfect and some skepticism, etc, but they really are the best instrument we have for gauging public opinion.
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they can help you shape messaging, or give you a sense of how out of sync you are (or in sync!)
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so yeah. polls are not the be all and end all, but a useful source of information.
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Replying to @nberlat
this is just a general observation but I think a lot of us would feel better about polling if any of us were ever actually polled
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I was in a poll once, and only bc I picked up my parents' landline
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I've actually had my cell phone called.
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Replying to @EricNonymous @BootlegGirl and
The process for legally getting your cell phone number in a database is much harder, and blocking a number from a cell phone is much easier
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Landline numbers are still afaik "listed" by default and can just be dumped into a database along with a list of mailing addresses
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