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cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
Sun Jan 17, 2016, 03:35 PM Jan 2016

Poll: How do the polls square with your own personal experience?


6 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
If it's not an "Internet Poll" I believe it's 100% accurate.
0 (0%)
I don't pay much attention to polls.
4 (67%)
I hear what I want to hear.
0 (0%)
I see what I want to see.
0 (0%)
I believe what I want to believe.
0 (0%)
If it's a poll that says Hillary's ahead I think it must be correct.
0 (0%)
If it's a poll that says Bernie's ahead I think it must be correct.
0 (0%)
The polls absolutely coincide with what I'm hearing/seeing.
0 (0%)
I'm flabbergasted by the poll results I see reported because they're opposite of what I see/hear.
1 (17%)
Polls don't matter!
1 (17%)
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Poll: How do the polls square with your own personal experience? (Original Post) cherokeeprogressive Jan 2016 OP
I take every poll with a grain of salt. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #1
I don't pay much attention to them gwheezie Jan 2016 #2
The only "polls" that are honest and accurate... 99Forever Jan 2016 #3
the polls do not match my life experience restorefreedom Jan 2016 #4
The polls for NH confirm my "dump Saturday survey" data. Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #5
Only polls that matter: 10 days out, 5 days out, exit polls. Kip Humphrey Jan 2016 #6
Irony demwing Jan 2016 #7
Unsure TSIAS Jan 2016 #8
The poll I took was 100% accurate. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2016 #9

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
3. The only "polls" that are honest and accurate...
Sun Jan 17, 2016, 03:50 PM
Jan 2016

... are the ones we never see, the "internals." What gets posted on the intertubes or crowed about on the MSM, is nothing more than propaganda with an agenda and a purpose. That agenda and purpose is disinformation.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
4. the polls do not match my life experience
Sun Jan 17, 2016, 03:51 PM
Jan 2016

but i am not flabbergasted. i expect the polls to be skewed to the establishment candidates.

Kip Humphrey

(4,753 posts)
6. Only polls that matter: 10 days out, 5 days out, exit polls.
Sun Jan 17, 2016, 05:33 PM
Jan 2016



*Disclaimer: I don't consider "vote totals" to be a "poll" as used in this context.
 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
7. Irony
Sun Jan 17, 2016, 05:37 PM
Jan 2016

The "I don't pay much attention to polls" poll response is winning your poll about polls.

In fact, it isn't even close... it has twice the responses as all the other responses combined!

TSIAS

(14,689 posts)
8. Unsure
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 03:01 AM
Jan 2016

I don't talk to many people about politics. When it comes to stickers and signs, it's nearly all Bernie. Also most GOP stickers are for Carson and Trump.

Older relatives, who are Democratic, tend to support Clinton. Younger friends I see on Facebook are uniformly for Sanders. I find Bernie to be beloved by almost every liberal I interact with. Most like Clinton, but don't have that same connection.

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