Politico, by STEVEN SHEPARD February 27, 2019
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The percentage of Americans willing to participate in telephone polls has hit a new low, according to a new report, raising doubts about the continued viability of the phone surveys that have traditionally dominated politics and elections, both in the media and in campaigns.
The Pew Research Center reported Wednesday that the response rate for its phone polls last year fell to just 6 percent — meaning pollsters could only complete interviews with 6 percent of the households in their samples. It continues the long-term decline in response rates, which had leveled off earlier this decade.
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The end of polls?
American Thinker
by Monica Showalter
February 28, 2019
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… there’s the presence of push polls, the manipulated questions driven by some buyers of polls, that are set to create a certain outcome. Democratic operatives seem to have stepped up the use of these to market the idea that Americans are for things they aren’t for – open borders, a Green New Deal, or nationalized health care billed as “free.” The proliferation of this kind of dishonest polling practice pretty well turns off many would-be answerers of polls to answering any polls at all. Push polling has been around, but it seem to be getting more frequent, what with the mainstream media making itself the Democratic Party’s operative ally. The fact that some pollsters seem to be joining in the effort themselves, as this accusation against Gallup by American Thinker contributer Bruce Walker argues, lowers pollster credibility among respondents even more.
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