I know you all want West Virginia, and frankly we do too.
If someone can get me a random sample of people who voted in the 2004 general election, 2006 general election, or 2008 primary in West Virginia then we will poll it. Concern about being able to get a sample of sufficient quality there is what makes us, and I'm guessing other companies that do registration based sampling, hesitant to poll there. That's not a problem with most other states.
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Does Aristotle not offer a WV voter list? And out of curiosity, how much more does it cost to do an RDD poll?
I don't understand. Why is West Virginia more problematic to poll than other states?
I guess it´s one of the states where robo-calls are not allowed.
The Aristotle WV list hasn't been updated since early 2004.
I don't know how much more it would cost to do an RDD poll but three weeks before the election probably isn't the best time for us to tinker with our system- you all don't need another screwy West Virginia poll!
Only one of three households in WV has a telephone. That is problematic. Pollsters could be sent out on foot, but many personnel would be lost to buckshot. Hard state to poll.
Oh well.
Thanks Tom.
So the problem is that WV has no current registered voter database?
buy a sample from the parties. they maintain better lists than anyone
I'm not sure where to post this comment, but it looks like Indiana is winning the poll at the top of the page, and I thought Indiana does not allow auto-dialing telephone numbers.
www.e-Merges.com has it.
e-M can provide 2004 & 6 general election voters and all the counties that followed WV law and submitted 2008 primary results within the mandated 120 days since the may primary.
What BS! The reason folks are hesitant to use voter reg sample in WV is it is the most expensive in the country at 18K for a full state list from SoS. Contrast with FL being free (and overpolled).
What? Never heard of VCS, Labels & Lists or SSI?
Field costs end up lower than most states because response rate is through the roof. Takes very few man-hours to poll WV and less phone time.
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