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For whatever it is worth-InsiderAdv poll-Warnock +1, Ossoff Tied (Original Post) kansasobama Nov 2020 OP
I am done with polling. philf99 Nov 2020 #1
You Have to Give GOP +2 For Voter Suppression TomCADem Nov 2020 #13
What it's worth BainsBane Nov 2020 #2
I will never believe another thing I see on 538. redstatebluegirl Nov 2020 #3
Why? Drunken Irishman Nov 2020 #6
I literally will never look at another poll again obamanut2012 Nov 2020 #4
Same poll had Trump winning Georgia by 5. Drunken Irishman Nov 2020 #5
Everything they do to prepare for and count those votes Sucha NastyWoman Nov 2020 #7
Sadly, worth nothing. Polls are broken. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #8
Polls are currency for the media..... getagrip_already Nov 2020 #9
I'm still interested in the polls, but I take them with a huge grain of salt. dawg Nov 2020 #10
I know we all have a huge amount of mistrust in polls now, but... wysimdnwyg Nov 2020 #11
Polls a bullshit. Indyfan53 Nov 2020 #12
fuck the polls JI7 Nov 2020 #14
Polling needs work budkin Nov 2020 #15
IMO, the GOP starts with a slight edge in these races. radius777 Nov 2020 #16

TomCADem

(17,382 posts)
13. You Have to Give GOP +2 For Voter Suppression
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 04:17 AM
Nov 2020

Polling can only measure the expressed intention of people to vote. But, if you stall the mail in Atlanta, cut down on polling locations in urban areas, enforce voter ID strictly against minorities and make people in urban areas wait for hours, Republicans can gain a few points notwithstanding the polls. This is why Republicans suppress the vote: because it is effective in a close race. Sure, it is not going to stop a landslide, but in a close race, it has an impact.

Sucha NastyWoman

(2,741 posts)
7. Everything they do to prepare for and count those votes
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 12:28 PM
Nov 2020

Needs to be televised on local TV, so that once the counting is done no one can claim that there was any cheating.

Even if it turns out badly for us, I’d like to know that the count is correct.

getagrip_already

(14,647 posts)
9. Polls are currency for the media.....
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 12:31 PM
Nov 2020

Not much more value than that. Been like that forever.

They are statistical junk.

wysimdnwyg

(2,230 posts)
11. I know we all have a huge amount of mistrust in polls now, but...
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 01:31 PM
Nov 2020

it will be interesting to see if they come back to normal when Trump is not on the ballot. If you exclude elections when Trump was running (not just his race, but when he's on the ballot), polls have been pretty accurate overall. That said, do I trust these? No, not really. And this is definitely a time when turnout is 90% of the results, regardless of the polls. We know the public is somewhere in the 45-55% range. It's going to be about who can get their side to show up.

Indyfan53

(473 posts)
12. Polls a bullshit.
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 07:46 PM
Nov 2020

They have been wrong over the last four years. This past election was much closer than predicted.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
16. IMO, the GOP starts with a slight edge in these races.
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 05:00 AM
Nov 2020

-the state is historically a red, voter-suppressed state.
-Repubs tend to do better in runoffs and downballot races.
-Biden won the state but some of his voters were Repubs who voted for Purdue and Loeffler.
-Purdue outperformed Trump and beat Ossoff by 87k votes. The libertarian had 115k votes and such voters tend to lean red.

We must turn out more vote in the deep blue metro areas and surrounding burbs. Stacey Abrams was on talking about this. IMO a black candidate (Warnock) on the ticket helps us with black turnout. Ossoff helps us with the white moderates. We just need to do good GOTV and run a strong campaign. The state voted for Biden and we must make it clear it is Mitch who will stand in the way of everything (including the stimulus money) that voters want done.

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