During the day our landline phone rings again and again. These days it rings every few hours throughout the day. Who’s calling? To be honest, I have to say that I do not know, as we do not answer unless we recognize who is calling. However, with area codes that I am not familiar with and with the locations that these calls were placed from, I suspect that many of these calls are from pollsters. I used to occasionally respond to these telephone polls, but no longer. They take too long, and over the last few elections, they have been inaccurate. Think about it for a second … for the most part, who is responding to these pollsters? Those who are working are not responding. A lot of those who still have landlines are not home during the day, and so the call goes unanswered. This entire group that the pollsters cannot actually poll, now have a name … “the submerged voter.”
From The Loop:
“Submerged voters don’t publicly share who they’re voting for. They don’t put bumper stickers on their cars… they don’t put up yard signs… and sometimes they don’t even tell their friends or family how they’re planning to vote.
And they certainly don’t reveal anything to random pollsters.
10 professional pollsters recently told the New York Times that they don’t know how to accurately predict who will vote in 2022. Worse, they know they’re undercounting Republican-leaning voters… but they have no idea how far off their numbers are.”
Bottom line … do not be dismayed if the polls show that the Democratic candidate is ahead. He/she may not really be ahead. He/she may not actually win, especially if submerged voters come up for air, and vote on or before Election Day.
I am a submerged voter, and proud of it. I live in California, and I will be unsubmerging on November 8. Even in California, you never know!