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Happy Hoosier

(7,314 posts) Mon Aug 3, 2020, 10:20 AM Aug 2020

So both Fivethirtyeight and RCP are showing "tightening" .... [View all]

Both in election polling and approval.

WTF is going on?

Just a reversion to the mean, or is Trump "strongman" impression actually working?

Ugh. Maybe a useless worry post... I'm just stunned at the percentage of people who support this monster...

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So both Fivethirtyeight and RCP are showing "tightening" .... [View all] Happy Hoosier Aug 2020 OP

It's gone from 40-41 percent approval qazplm135 Aug 2020 #1

The movement is likely tied to Rasmussen, which has Trump at 51%. Drunken Irishman Aug 2020 #6

Assmuffin is always an outlier. I ignore them. lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #25

........................... still_one Aug 2020 #2

Just went to their site and I don't really see that safeinOhio Aug 2020 #3

Yep. Biden up +8.3 in national poll average. dchill Aug 2020 #14

"Maybe a useless worry post" marmar Aug 2020 #4

Yeah, I think you are right. Happy Hoosier Aug 2020 #9

Now you don't have to worry alone Cirque du So-What Aug 2020 #18

lmao I'm out of this is what it's going to be like the next three months. Drunken Irishman Aug 2020 #5

Agreed Dem2 Aug 2020 #8

Good advice! Happy Hoosier Aug 2020 #11

I know just how you feel! FM123 Aug 2020 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author unc70 Aug 2020 #7

Possibly a shift from RV polls to LV polls? Fiendish Thingy Aug 2020 #10

Yes, that's it. I've been watching for that shift. writes3000 Aug 2020 #12

Not that much tightening - OhZone Aug 2020 #13

I get your point... but.... Happy Hoosier Aug 2020 #24

Rump just started lower in 2016 - OhZone Aug 2020 #28

Most people know only what any president tells them. patricia92243 Aug 2020 #15

portland and other protests not going over well Amishman Aug 2020 #16

The only thing tightening MoonlitKnight Aug 2020 #17

Yes. I noticed that in 538 too because I check it obsessively. Hopefully it's just noise but Squinch Aug 2020 #19

I'm not a professional pollster or poll historian, NCDem47 Aug 2020 #20

They're gonna get even tighter. Relax. tman Aug 2020 #22

Great links so we know what you are referring to grantcart Aug 2020 #23

Thought these were commonly known. Happy Hoosier Aug 2020 #26

While it's hard to fathom Trump's work the past few months making people like him *more*, Music Man Aug 2020 #27

useless worry post obamanut2012 Aug 2020 #29