Historical Footnotes

[poliphilo]

1. Just a side issue, really but the pollsters called it wrong on Brexit and now they've called it wrong on the US elections. That's a pretty impressive record of failure.

2. Ailz tells me The Scotsman led with the story, "Aberdeen Business Owner Wins Presidential Election."

Comments

[kamomil.livejournal.com]

I think that they must have called people who still have land lines and are at home during the day - retired people.

I read a cracked.com article about how rural poor people likely voted for Trump, they are not likely to have a land line.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The rural poor don't have landlines? Over here I think it's more likely they're the ones who still do.

My mother for instance- rural, elderly though not poor- has never had a mobile.