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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPlease look up the original sources of any poll or article you put on the forum
If you are the least bit uncertain, wiki the group and/or organization to determine their political leaning.
Its a bit more effort, but it keeps disinformation or anti-Democratic positions from seeping into our forum.
live love laugh
(14,019 posts)Nictuku
(3,802 posts)I've yet to see it really covered much by any of the cable news shows that I watch. I think it should be a HUGE story.
I would like to see a real investigation into how polls are purchased and manipulated.
Every time I see a report on a new poll, my first thought is: I wonder how much $ went into manipulating that one.
SoFlaBro
(3,016 posts)mopinko
(71,370 posts)they rip off writers and other pubs.
despise them. tho i must say i dont see as many rs stories as i used to.
Nictuku
(3,802 posts)emulatorloo
(45,472 posts)gab13by13
(24,018 posts)barring some tragic event.
Anyone want to take me up? I will be within 4 points predicting this far out.
happybird
(4,958 posts)So very close, omg, its neck and neck going into the final stretch?
😱
central scrutinizer
(12,267 posts)Some inadvertently, some by design.
What was the population from which the sample was drawn? (All adults, registered voters, likely voters,
). Once the sample has been selected, how was the data collected? How closely does the demographic makeup of the sample mirror the population? How was non-response addressed? What was the percentage of non-response? What is the exact wording of the questions?
FHRRK
(895 posts)Think of the map repukes love to use after every election to show how Red the United States is, blue concentrated in very few but populace areas. Biden won about 500 Counties, tRump 2,500 Counties. So easy to manipulate. Poll 250 in Biden Counties, 1,250 in tRump Counties. Random calls will create HUGE advantage for Repukes.
central scrutinizer
(12,267 posts)Example: Nebraska has 93 counties. Probably divided back in horse and buggy days so every farmer was only a days ride from the county seat. The bottom 20 all have less than 2,000 inhabitants.
SoFlaBro
(3,016 posts)lamp_shade
(15,038 posts)Sympthsical
(9,869 posts)Sometimes things are just funny, and that was absolutely one of them. Superseded yesterday's CameraGate by a large margin for me.
It's like someone sent out a directive. "Let's just get wacky with it!" and the Internet replied, "That is literally all you had to say."
If this is what the next five months are going to be like, popcorn for everyone.
Hekate
(93,583 posts)anciano
(1,442 posts)IMO national presidential polls are meaningless anyway since presidential elections are decided in a handful of swing states by a relative small number of voters.