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Inablueway

(56 posts) Mon Oct 5, 2020, 07:58 AM Oct 2020

Polls "Burning In"? [View all]

Is there any historical evidence that demonstrates that polling numbers become "burned in" at a certain point during an election cycle? I ask since we are now only a month away from counting the votes if what we are seeing in the polls now are pretty much what they will be a month from now.

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Polls "Burning In"? [View all] Inablueway Oct 2020 OP

Because of the active attempt of trump and the republican party to suppress votes, I think still_one Oct 2020 #1

4 weeks out down double digits and continued alienation of beachbumbob Oct 2020 #2