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Fiendish Thingy

(17,384 posts)
5. Many pollsters accept commissions for polls from both parties
Mon Jun 17, 2024, 01:47 PM
Jun 2024

Some are traditionally Republican pollsters, some Democratic.

Some pollsters never accept commissions from any party, but often work with media organizations, who fund, and then report the results using their own framing and narratives.

So, yes, I think it leans more towards conspiracy theories to suggest the Trump campaign is bribing pollsters to rig poll results, when they can just as easily pay an organization to conduct a poll with the questions and sample make up that would be favourable to them, and when the corporate media, without any enticement from the campaign, will pay for and report on polls in a manner favourable to the Trump campaign, at no cost to the campaign.

Why invent some sort of secret, underground chicanery, when the flaws and biases of many polling agencies are public knowledge?

The whole trump campaign is a staged production. pwb Jun 2024 #1
And aren't they PAYING a band of paid followers to show up behind his staged appearances? usaf-vet Jun 2024 #6
You mean like the church in Detroit that TSF attended. gab13by13 Jun 2024 #7
Some day it will come to pass that all pastors are revealed to be mere mortal vessels, just like everyone else. jaxexpat Jun 2024 #11
EXACTLY. I saw that post. And It prompted me to post the question. usaf-vet Jun 2024 #12
Don't know but I got a cell phone poll from Trump yesterday. My unlisted # bucolic_frolic Jun 2024 #2
Well, your reponse won't be recorded. erronis Jun 2024 #17
The poll rigging I heard about from the recent trial was for "NY's most popular businessman" or some such nonsense AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2024 #3
The RW radio hosts are pushing polls that say Trump is up by 12% w/ Hispanics Jacson6 Jun 2024 #4
Many pollsters accept commissions for polls from both parties Fiendish Thingy Jun 2024 #5
Even if it is just some consumer 'product' poll, I first ask 'who is paying for this poll?' Attilatheblond Jun 2024 #15
Of course he is. Think. Again. Jun 2024 #8
And they're not alone. ananda Jun 2024 #9
This news was from the trial. BadgerMom Jun 2024 #10
But it was an old story anyway, and nothing consequential. (n/t) thesquanderer Jun 2024 #14
Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2024 #13
re: "Is the campaign still manipulating any of these polls?" thesquanderer Jun 2024 #16
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