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MineralMan

(148,432 posts) Sat Nov 23, 2024, 09:57 AM Nov 23

Hearing What You Want to Hear and Disregarding the Rest [View all]

I'm as guilty as the next person of doing that. This year, it was the constant polling before the election that I disregarded. Report after report said that the polls showed a tie, or at least a very close race. "That can't be true," I thought. I said as much here, too.

Well Paul Simon brought that all up in "The Boxer," didn't he? I disregarded those polls, because they weren't what I wanted to hear. We all did, it seems.

Maybe we should take a better look next time and adjust our expectations and strategies.

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Hearing What You Want to Hear and Disregarding the Rest [View all] MineralMan Nov 23 OP

My wife says True Dough Nov 23 #1

But the polls weren't correct... Think. Again. Nov 23 #2

No, Trump did not win by a large margin. yardwork Nov 23 #10

Hmmm, just enough to not trigger recounts but within a "reasonable" margin. Think. Again. Nov 23 #15

Yes. yardwork Nov 23 #17

I knew it would be razor thin either way. underpants Nov 23 #3

There was a lot of self-censorship on here as well dalton99a Nov 23 #4

Strategies? Septua Nov 23 #5

+1. Obama was elected twice. dalton99a Nov 23 #12

Harris is only 1.5 million votes behind Trump as of right now. Elessar Zappa Nov 23 #19

It's really difficult DeepWinter Nov 23 #6

I disagree that "as we expand out, we lose people." yardwork Nov 23 #8

I thought the polls were accurate, but I was over optimistic. yardwork Nov 23 #7

Before the election, I didn't believe Progressive dog Nov 23 #9

And they lie. They lie to friends and family, and they lie to pollsters dalton99a Nov 23 #11

In two "prediction" threads I had Trump winning with 292 EVs Prairie Gates Nov 23 #13

after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same Jersey Devil Nov 23 #14

The polling disregarded most was Joe's favorability hovering around and under 40% since Nov 2021 andym Nov 23 #16

Yup. Elessar Zappa Nov 23 #18

Yes, we get it already... Blue_Tires Nov 23 #20

Well, I've personally come to no conclusion about why MineralMan Nov 23 #21

I know why... Blue_Tires Nov 23 #22

Well, that's the difference between you and me, I guess. MineralMan Nov 23 #23

Since black voters got screwed the hardest Blue_Tires Nov 23 #24