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spanone

(135,862 posts) Thu Dec 24, 2015, 12:46 PM Dec 2015

few days ago a poll had chump over cruz by 4% points...this morning trump over cruz by 21 % pts.

i don't fucking believe any of these polls.

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few days ago a poll had chump over cruz by 4% points...this morning trump over cruz by 21 % pts. (Original Post) spanone Dec 2015 OP

There will always be outliers VMA131Marine Dec 2015 #1

You can't compare different polls Funtatlaguy Dec 2015 #2

VMA131Marine

(4,146 posts)

1. There will always be outliers

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 01:07 PM

Dec 2015

Best thing to do is combine and average several recent poll results. That approach would, I believe, show a consistent Trump lead.

Funtatlaguy

(10,885 posts)

2. You can't compare different polls

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 01:10 PM

Dec 2015

You can only look at changes in the same polling agency.
The best way, I've found, is to look at realclearpolitics.
It averages all of the reputable ones.

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