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piechartking

(617 posts)
Thu Sep 8, 2016, 10:46 AM Sep 2016

I like the USC/LA Times tracking poll again!

Clinton 44.5%, Trump 43.4%

Just kidding, not really. But this, combined with Ass-muffin's poll showing Clinton +4 seems to indicate some movement toward Clinton again.

Also, I think Clinton is doing all these pressers to bait Trump into also making himself more accessible to questions, which we all know makes for great WTF moments.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/

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I like the USC/LA Times tracking poll again! (Original Post) piechartking Sep 2016 OP
I never like it Loki Liesmith Sep 2016 #1
Positive movement is good even if the pollster sucks democrattotheend Sep 2016 #2

Loki Liesmith

(4,602 posts)
1. I never like it
Thu Sep 8, 2016, 10:57 AM
Sep 2016

It's methodology is too weird to even know what we are measuring.

Might as well augur from chicken guts.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
2. Positive movement is good even if the pollster sucks
Thu Sep 8, 2016, 03:11 PM
Sep 2016

Even if a pollster sucks and a particular poll is not very reliable, that pollster's polls can still be useful for showing trends. I tend to only view the race as widening or narrowing when the same poll shows movement, because variances between different polls may be due to differences in methodology and/or likely voter model.

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