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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat's the deal with Trafalgar Group polls?
They are one of the polling groups that has shown Trump either competitive or leading in key states. Trafalgar Group polls this week showed Trump ahead in Texas and Arizona, when others have Biden ahead.
I know that 538 gives Trafalgar a C- rating, but I also understand Trafalgar to have correctly polled Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Florida in 2016 and to have correctly called several important races in 2018.
Takes on Trafalgar from people who understand this stuff better than I? Are they a conservatively-biased pollster that has just gotten lucky, or is there something to their model that others are not seeing?
Demsrule86
(68,552 posts)Never mind ...posted them myself...
Music Man
(1,184 posts)Anyone can find them there if they'd like.
Demsrule86
(68,552 posts)in Arizona...garbage poll.
TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,995 posts)They have a notorious R bias.
Those states were believed to be fairly close by nearly every pollster.
Since they bias right, their "data" called it for PINO.
51:49, and they say 49:51. Hooray, we called it, because 12,000 people voted that way!
They just got lucky, because in any close race, they'll call it for the R.
Demsrule86
(68,552 posts)SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)Music Man
(1,184 posts)"What's the deal with Trafalgar Group polls?" is definitely not one of his classic bits.