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cachukis

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16. You are good at what you do.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 09:21 PM

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Just to clarify: have people decided they like polls again? [View all] brooklynite Jul 26 OP

Make a poll dweller Jul 26 #1

Touche... brooklynite Jul 26 #2

allez dweller Jul 26 #11

Nice. TwilightZone Jul 26 #4

The ones where our candidates are ahead are accurate. TwilightZone Jul 26 #3

Who has said that? Elessar Zappa Jul 27 #26

It's human nature to react this way to good/bad news. Funtatlaguy Jul 27 #28

True. TwilightZone Jul 27 #33

Not a particular fan of individual polls, especially ones with flawed methodology that consistently produce outliers Fiendish Thingy Jul 26 #5

That is the answer Ohio Joe Jul 26 #12

People tend to like polls when they favor or trend to favor their candidate, elocs Jul 26 #6

This. obnoxiousdrunk Jul 26 #17

No, they are still garbage getagrip_already Jul 26 #7

Not I. WheelWalker Jul 26 #8

I love watching the discomfort of Fox anchors having to report positive polls for Harris--especially in the battleground hlthe2b Jul 26 #9

I'm still in the same place on them so it makes it easy. TheKentuckian Jul 26 #10

Polls are just a tool LostOne4Ever Jul 26 #13

Um, no. The polls are virtually meaningless. What do they now show? A CLOSE RACE and NOTHING else. Deek1935 Jul 26 #14

"referendum mainly on the GOVERNING STRENGTH of the White House party" honest.abe Jul 27 #23

Not when they're used to force a president off the ballot! LeftInTX Jul 26 #15

You are good at what you do. cachukis Jul 26 #16

Not especially Metaphorical Jul 27 #18

well put! Seem to be popping up with some regularity here of late stopdiggin Jul 27 #19

LOL. I noticed that too. totodeinhere Jul 27 #20

I love poll aggregates, and prediction models like 538 had. nt DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 27 #21

People accept that which reinforces their world view Kaleva Jul 27 #22

What I like is the positive movement of the polls since Harris became our presumptive nominee. honest.abe Jul 27 #24

My opinion on polls stays the same. Elessar Zappa Jul 27 #25

Things were fresher around here a couple of weeks ago Doc Sportello Jul 27 #27

I don't like them because they are too easily manipulated and erroneously presented moniss Jul 27 #29

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 27 #30

I haven't liked them for years, now DFW Jul 27 #31

I have always believed in polls, for example: gab13by13 Jul 27 #32

Election polls are 95% confident but only 60% accurate, Berkeley Haas study finds waterwatcher123 Jul 27 #34

Thank you Doc Sportello Jul 27 #42

I do believe in exit polling. gab13by13 Jul 27 #35

Only at the strip club Johonny Jul 27 #36

Yes, they're telling us what we want to hear now alarimer Jul 27 #37

I take polls with a grain of salt edisdead Jul 27 #38

No fuck em ColinC Jul 27 #39

I still don't. mucholderthandirt Jul 27 #40

Polls seem more "predictive" when one likes the results. Silent Type Jul 27 #41

Winning hearts and minds again. BannonsLiver Jul 27 #43