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RJ_MacReady

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10. This

Reply to Vogon_Glory (Reply #9)

Wed Oct 9, 2024, 06:37 PM

Oct 9

Polls were more accurate decades ago because the level of spam calls was far lower. Nowadays the worlds is much faster paced and most people don't answer unfamiliar phone numbers. These are just facts that some refuse to acknowledge. All polls show today is what people who answer the phone think. They probably called 100,000 people to get these responses. Thats not accurate at all.

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That Quinnipiac makes the comment that there are "cracks in the blue wall", based on their latest polling, is nonsense. [View all] JohnSJ Oct 9 OP

Quinnipiac RJ_MacReady Oct 9 #1

Based on what? You realize in general it agrees with the other pollsters, this election is too close to call. JohnSJ Oct 9 #2

I don't believe it is RJ_MacReady Oct 9 #3

That may be. As I said the main issue I have is those who won't answer calls from numbers they do not recognize, or JohnSJ Oct 9 #7

agreed... evenly divided electorate. WarGamer Oct 9 #4

Absolutely. JohnSJ Oct 9 #8

There are also big issues with that poll obamanut2012 Oct 9 #5

Polls aere pretty static - It's all about turnout now Jersey Devil Oct 9 #6

My personal experience with pollsters is that they Vogon_Glory Oct 9 #9

This RJ_MacReady Oct 9 #10

I am one who doesn't answer calls from numbers I do not recognize. JohnSJ Oct 9 #17

There are too many factors that are different from past elections LiberalFighter Oct 9 #11

Didnt we learn from the polls in the last elections Flatrat Oct 9 #12

Yep - this election is razor thin onandup Oct 9 #13

Have you noticed that the June27ers are always interested in polling? JoseBalow Oct 9 #14

Yup, i have obamanut2012 Oct 9 #18

Both Trump leads in WI and MI were within the MOE. Fiendish Thingy Oct 9 #15

If social media feeds can be flooded with bad actors & bots with intent LeftinOH Oct 9 #16