Republican National Convention '08

[Stan4dSteph]

How do those polls account for the large amount of younger voters who seem to make up Obama's demographic? Pollsters can't call cell phones.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

How do those polls account for the large amount of younger voters who seem to make up Obama's demographic? Pollsters can't call cell phones.

I don't know if that will have any affect on the polls. With Kerry, it did not. I remember people thinking that he had it in the bag because of the un-polled cellphone users.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I don't know if that will have any affect on the polls. With Kerry, it did not. I remember people thinking that he had it in the bag because of the un-polled cellphone users.

It may this time. More people, more young voters don't have landlines then didn't back when Kerry was running.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

How do those polls account for the large amount of younger voters who seem to make up Obama's demographic? Pollsters can't call cell phones.

Yes, they can....they just can't auto dial them. Most of the larger polling companines do call a small number of cell customers to get a feel for where they may be voting(kind of a poll within a poll) then assign that number to represent the percentage(7.9%+/-) of registered voters who only use cell phones.

The Pew research center has a study on the whole thing but I don't have a link.