Tuesday, October 14, 2008

West Virginia

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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11 comments:

  1. andgardenOctober 14, 2008 at 10:19 PM

    Does Aristotle not offer a WV voter list? And out of curiosity, how much more does it cost to do an RDD poll?

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  2. AnonymousOctober 15, 2008 at 1:30 AM

    I don't understand. Why is West Virginia more problematic to poll than other states?

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  3. RasmusOctober 15, 2008 at 3:16 AM

    I guess it´s one of the states where robo-calls are not allowed.

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  4. Tom JensenOctober 15, 2008 at 5:29 AM

    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!

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  5. AnonymousOctober 15, 2008 at 8:24 AM

    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.

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  6. andgardenOctober 15, 2008 at 8:42 AM

    Oh well.

    Thanks Tom.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 15, 2008 at 8:53 AM

    So the problem is that WV has no current registered voter database?

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  8. AnonymousOctober 15, 2008 at 9:09 AM

    buy a sample from the parties. they maintain better lists than anyone

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  9. AnonymousOctober 15, 2008 at 10:16 AM

    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.

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  10. ShawnHarmonOctober 15, 2008 at 12:39 PM

    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.

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  11. AnonymousOctober 15, 2008 at 12:55 PM

    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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