#2357: Polls vs the Street
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White Hat: Polls are just numbers.
White Hat: You have to talk to people on the street.
White Hat: Polls say most people support <Candidate X>.
White Hat: But the people I talk to on the street support <Candidate Y>.
White Hat: Polls claim most people don't live in my town and have never been here.
White Hat: But the people I meet on the street tell a very different story.
White Hat: According to polls, most people don't like playing in traffic.
White Hat: So why do I never seem to meet these people on the street?
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:Other pollsters complain about declining response rates, but our poll showed that 96% of respondents would be 'somewhat likely' or 'very likely' to agree to answer a series of questions for a survey.