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The polls being taken are seriously flawed
(1) People lie when called on a poll. I have done it myself so have some of my friends.
(2) The number of "home" phones is seriously declining. My caller ID will block unidentified numbers or I just won't answer.
(3) Answering Pollster's questions takes time. It's annoying in the first place and if it goes on for more than a few minutes most people hang up.
(4) These days most peop[le use a cell phone. There are no real cell phone directories. Most people don't give out their cell numbers because they don't want solicitors or sales calls taking up their minutes. Therefore the phone numbers available for pollsters is more limited than in the past.
(5) The cell phone numbers most phone solicitors have is compiled from lists sold by banks and credit companies of deliquent credit accounts. Not a reliable sample!
(3) Answering Pollster's questions takes time. It's annoying in the first place and if it goes on for more than a few minutes most people hang up.
I just wonder what percentage of people hang up? I bet it's at least half. My Mom has gotten several calls from pollsters and she simply says "I'm not interested in participating" and hangs up.
All of you who would like Obama to win, should try to live in another country with Obama's agenda. Then you will miss all the luxuries US has to offer. But, it will be too late for you to understand all this. Only then you will be able to feel the consequences.
a RECORD number of people voted early yesterday in North Carolina on just one of the early voting days. More than 100,000 people voted yesterday in the Tarheel state and data from the state board of elections showed that 64% of the voters who went to the polls yesterday were democrats and only 21% were republicans. Folks, based on those percentages, it doesnt look good for McCain in North Carolina. And you know if Obama wins North Carolina, he'll win Virginia as well.
Please pass this along. A straight-party vote in North Carolina includes every office except president. Again, a straight-party vote counter-intuitively does not include a vote for president. Voters in North Carolina must make a separate mark under the Presidential Contest box.
Remember what happened with the butterfly ballot in Florida? When just a couple of hundred votes (out of 5.8 million cast) separated George W. Bush and Al Gore?
The ballot design flaw disproportionately impacts three groups who are likely to be heavily represented in the election this year: new voters, the poor, and the elderly.
Early voting started a week ago, already there have been reports that people don't understand the ballot instructions.
If two percent or more of North Carolina voters unknowingly "skip" the presidential contest, it may very well have an impact on the outcome.
VotersUnite.org recommends that people in North Carolina avoid straight-party voting.
I don't understand it either. They come down here complaining about high taxes, high cost of living, and no jobs, then they want to vote for the same thing they moved away from in the first place.
Just like anything in life we wanted in on the ground floor and know when it has peaked out. We will get out of Carolina in about 30 years when it has peaked. At least those of us still around will. Hoping to be here then.
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Folks North Carolina is going blue
Again, a straight-party vote counter-intuitively does not include a vote for president. Voters in North Carolina must make a separate mark under the Presidential Contest box.
