{"id":11792,"date":"2019-02-28T13:29:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T17:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=11792"},"modified":"2019-02-28T13:29:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T17:29:38","slug":"pew-phone-polling-in-crisis-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/pew-phone-polling-in-crisis-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Pew: Phone polling in crisis again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-file-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-file-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-file-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-file-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-file.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> Most of the major media polls \u2014 the ABC News\/Washington Post, NBC  News\/Wall Street Journal, Fox News, CNN, CBS News \u2014 are conducted using a  traditional phone methodology. | Pau Barrena\/AFP\/Getty Images <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Politico,<\/strong> by  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/staff\/steven-shepard\">STEVEN SHEPARD<\/a> February 27, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Pew Research Center <\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2019\/02\/27\/response-rates-in-telephone-surveys-have-resumed-their-decline\" target=\"_blank\"><em>reported<\/em><\/a><em>  Wednesday that the response rate for its phone polls last year fell to  just 6 percent \u2014 meaning pollsters could only complete interviews with 6  percent of the households in their samples. 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