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Re: Fox Poll Shows Obama Leading 46-39%

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Originally Posted by Soaring View Post
The pollsters don't poll folks with cell phones. How many people do you know that only have cell phones?
Actually quite a few, and all young first time voters, and all enamored of Obama.

This is similar to the 1948 election, where telephone polls underestimated Truman's support, because Republicans were more likely to have telephones than Democrats.
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