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Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts)
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 01:10 PM Aug 2016

Real clear politics cherry picks polls

I noticed that they don't show all polls favorable to Clinton, but if one was favorable to Trump it immediately goes up.

Example: the Florida poll that showed Clinton up big was never posted, but the one today that showed trump up by 2 was.

Example: still showing the Reuters poll from last week when the lead was only 5, but not the current Reuters poll that shows Clinton up by 12.

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Real clear politics cherry picks polls (Original Post) Proud liberal 80 Aug 2016 OP
Only Early voting and Tuesday's, November 8.. Ballots Count...GOTV mrJJ Aug 2016 #1
RCP started as a right-wing site. trotsky Aug 2016 #2

mrJJ

(886 posts)
1. Only Early voting and Tuesday's, November 8.. Ballots Count...GOTV
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 01:23 PM
Aug 2016

Source: Princeton Election Consortium

As of August 24, 12:03PM EDT:

Snapshot (101 state polls): Clinton 341, Trump 197 EV Meta-margin: Clinton +6.3%

Clinton Nov. win probability: random drift 94%, Bayesian 96%

Senate snapshot (49 polls): Dem+Ind: 51, GOP: 49, Meta-margin: D +2.7%

Link: http://election.princeton.edu/

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
2. RCP started as a right-wing site.
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 02:33 PM
Aug 2016

I think they've tried to shift more into the "center" but their biases still show.

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