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In reply to the discussion: "The Blowout No One Sees Coming" from Vantage Data House [View all]Doodley
(10,134 posts)7. OMG! I didn't realize Kamala was losing in every swing states on RCP and most on 538.
Praying Vantage Data is right.
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Polling averages cannot be trusted due to manipulation by corrupt Red Wave pollsters. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Thursday
#3
Thanks! So if a poll has noise that doesn't necessarily mean a poll is bad, right? nt
LAS14
Thursday
#48
ALL polls have noise, more or less, so yes, not necessarily bad. . . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Thursday
#50
Voters' intentions form a signal. "Noise" is an engineering term meaning anything corrupting a signal.
Bernardo de La Paz
Thursday
#31
OMG! I didn't realize Kamala was losing in every swing states on RCP and most on 538.
Doodley
Thursday
#7
It reflects a recent flood of Republican-leaning polls meant to influence the averages.
SunSeeker
Thursday
#21
This is one point I. Very uncertain of -- Robinson is simply soooo terrible that I'm willing to bet
LauraInLA
Thursday
#8
Yes, NC doesn't make sense. In fact, very little of the polling data makes sense. A lot of people are saying Trump is
LymphocyteLover
Thursday
#43
I'm unclear on this, as well, but they claim they're getting data from 40k responses per state per year with an
LauraInLA
Thursday
#11
Are you telling me that talking about Arnold Palmer's penis is not a winning campaign strategy?
Ray Bruns
Thursday
#22
If these guys have gamed the pollsters, they will be top dog going forward
bucolic_frolic
Thursday
#29
I've been doing my own own averages. At least half of the polls are RW.
kerry-is-my-prez
Thursday
#35