🇺🇸 USA Sep 7, 2026 · Nancy Lavin

So many election surveys. So few voters willing to pick up the phone.

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So many election surveys. So few voters willing to pick up the phone.
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A phone displays a text message from Dynata inviting the recipient to participate in a 'short survey' on Aug. 10, 2026. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current) The missed call log in Dr. Eric Bai’s iPhone has a sea of phone numbers with unfamiliar area codes. Some of them are likely from pollsters wanting to ask him about the upcoming Rhode Island primary elections. 
A few times, he’s answered only to end up staying on the line to complete a survey.
“I felt bad,” Bai, 32, of Providence,

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