What the experts are saying about Emerson's methodology

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Please note, this is not about the numbers presented, but the methodology behind the poll itself.

Let's start with Nate Cohn of the NYT Upshot:

Really glad we have another automated pollster jumping into the mix.

https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/770272846446792704

If you're writing up polls that don't have any means to contact vtrs without a landline, you're wasting everyone's time--most of all, yours

https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/770300214112579585

I do think that some private firms with have tons of resources/data can model LL-only samples well. But that's not Emerson, Gravis, etc

https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/770301961988177921

Harry Enten of 538:

First Tweet is in response to Nate Cohn's quip about automated pollsters:

@nate_cohn You sound about as glad as I did when I heard that Ronald McDonald was just a made up character .

https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/770273297716183040

IVR (or live phone) without a cell-phone component https://t.co/z7DawGpDaL

https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/770275857881501696
The link in the Tweet is to a clip from "The Other Guys" where The Rock and Sam Jackson leap to their deaths.


So yeah, probably not a great poll...

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1. Thanks. I had looked at the 538 rating a bit ago and see it is a B and leans Republican