Heartland?

[tschock]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I studied polling in school. I don't believe it's driven by agenda at all. Bottom line: who picks up their LANDLINE when it rings? And spends time talking to some anonymous pollster? Who even has a landline at this point? Most people won't bother picking up a line now they don't recognize. And the folks that will are probably not representative of the pop at large. Not sure my kids have ever seen a landline.

We haven't had a landline since the late 1990s (1998?) and don't miss it. I'm not sure that pollsters are limited to landlines either these days. I generally don't even answer unrecognized numbers on the cell, unless I'm expecting a call/contact from someone. If it's important, they'll leave a message.

Also for those not aware on cell phones, if you get a call from the same exchange that you don't recognize, it is likely a spoofed number calling. Meaning that if your number is 123-456-7890 and you get an incoming call from 123-456-0987 and that is not a known number to you, it is likely that the caller is spoofing the phone number to try and scam you or sell you something. OR, it is someone calling you back because YOUR number was spoofed to them and they are just 'returning your call'.