2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNew PPP poll on Rachel: Clinton: 45% Trump: 41%
These numbers seem a bit weird, no?
Edited to add clarifications found by Doctor Jack:
Clinton: 45
Trump: 41
A little bit better, but wish it were more!
metroins
(2,550 posts)I don't know why we do them.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)especially given all of the other polls and the fact that the FOX poll just released has her 6% ahead.
I remember this crap from 2012. Keep the polls close = cash.
Not buying it.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)lancer78
(1,495 posts)third party candidates? Those were a lot tighter.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)Still too close for comfortable.
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)Her numbers drop from 48% to 45% and his numbers drop from 44% to 41% when 3rd parties are added
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)Clinton is up by 4 in PPP's latest poll, 45% to 41%. Despite being a democratic polling company, she has never done well in their polls.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)I'm pretty sure she said Presidential, but even if congressional...still too close!
HumanityExperiment
(1,442 posts)n/t
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)it was breaking news at the beginning of her show. It should be out soon though.
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)Maybe a bit of fact checking is needed by Maddow
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)my heart dropped when she reported it. It just seemed to contradict everything we have seen until now.
Metric System
(6,048 posts)Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)There was a time where I would be certain that she would but I have lost a lot of faith her in the last few years. She seems to worship to the corporate media gods and the money they rain down on true believers.
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)Scroll down slightly
https://twitter.com/ppppolls?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)Great sleuthing Doctor Jack!
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,976 posts)Have IMHO become the outlier of pollsters the last few election cycles. I remember when Quinnipiac used to be considered the gold standard of pollsters. That's no longer the case. Additionally, I find it hard to take PPP seriously when they ask questions in the vein of "Would you rather have a meteorite (or whatever it was supposed to be hitting the earth) hit the earth or vote for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump?" Yeah, I got no use for such stupid questions in a poll
I'd be giving a poll the "side-eye" even if they had the candidate I was favoring WAY Y ahead in it's polling.