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FM123

(10,050 posts)
7. Very interesting article.
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 08:36 AM
Apr 2021

This stood out to me:

"Some Democrats believe these errors are a direct Trump effect — that he is a singular force in politics, engendering extreme opinions on both sides — and it will fade if he’s no longer a candidate."

Polling was wrong in 2016 as well. Lonestarblue Apr 2021 #1
Exactly, gab13by13 Apr 2021 #3
+1 infullview Apr 2021 #10
That would be an excellent study for an investigative journalist. Lonestarblue Apr 2021 #15
Exit polls seemed to be more accurate before electronic voting machines. aeromanKC Apr 2021 #21
This is the one fact that always sticks in my tin foil hat. mjvpi Apr 2021 #26
This. So. Much. This. CrispyQ Apr 2021 #47
Absofrickinglutely. Funtatlaguy Apr 2021 #53
I believe that all the R states use ES&S machines LiberalArkie Apr 2021 #42
*cough* GA uses Dominion. speak easy Apr 2021 #49
This is the same unhinged conspiracy theory that the pillow guy is pushing Jose Garcia Apr 2021 #48
Yes. The pollsters are either as dumb as dirt or deliberately have their heads in the sand. bullimiami Apr 2021 #6
Truth! Truth! Truth! CommonHumanity Apr 2021 #14
"If they are saying they need to compensate for expected cheating, well F that." wysimdnwyg Apr 2021 #18
Huh? Obscure cheating by factoring it intoi polls? Why would we want to do that? So thast we're KPN Apr 2021 #24
More comfortable? No wysimdnwyg Apr 2021 #32
Trump has a Rasputin-like hold over his voters Deminpenn Apr 2021 #2
+1 You are spot on with the Rasputin like hold thing kimbutgar Apr 2021 #27
The flip side is that Biden won because many wanted Trump out, but did not carry this further down question everything Apr 2021 #43
Believe that also to be true Deminpenn Apr 2021 #50
The racists crawl out from under their rocks to vote Trump NewJeffCT Apr 2021 #4
This was basically a re-run of 2016 BeyondGeography Apr 2021 #5
Biden won Pa. pretty handily, gab13by13 Apr 2021 #12
He won by 1.5 points and most polls had him up by much more than that BeyondGeography Apr 2021 #13
Very interesting article. FM123 Apr 2021 #7
Here we go again...pollsters explaining how they blew a game that was rigged by the GOP. Ford_Prefect Apr 2021 #8
I don't know that we'll ever have the accuracy in polling we once had inwiththenew Apr 2021 #9
That's my Rebl2 Apr 2021 #17
In 2018, I worked GOTV canvasing where I live. With a list of registered Ds and their addresses, I KPN Apr 2021 #25
Ugh, what state? LymphocyteLover Apr 2021 #28
Oregon ... rural area. KPN Apr 2021 #40
I would imagine you are in a largely Democratic area then dsc Apr 2021 #37
Yes, but I feel confident in saying that after meeting the people, and in one case knowing the KPN Apr 2021 #41
Leave the research behind and go talk in the streets question everything Apr 2021 #11
to me, it just shows the power of rightwing propaganda LymphocyteLover Apr 2021 #29
Riots in Portland weren't left wingers. Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #39
Portland government is Democratic. It showed the helplessness and incompetence of question everything Apr 2021 #46
It is all because of Trump AZProgressive Apr 2021 #52
Telling a bunch of people living below the poverty line that they are privileged cinematicdiversions Apr 2021 #54
Yes, interesting observation question everything Apr 2021 #55
I actually don't see that on the left AZProgressive Apr 2021 #56
Is it errors or evidence of voter suppression? TomCADem Apr 2021 #16
many factors can explain it and voter suppression is a big part of it LymphocyteLover Apr 2021 #30
ChumpHumpers are gleefully lying to pollsters FakeNoose Apr 2021 #19
Rooted in the 1950s, polling is torpedoed by social media, church and business affiliations bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #20
"moderates such as TLP"? LymphocyteLover Apr 2021 #33
The Lincoln Project bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #35
93% of Republicans voted for Trump in 2020 AZProgressive Apr 2021 #51
Article conclusions: GOP distrust of polling, low propensity voters, not at home, late movement andym Apr 2021 #22
Reason 2 is what happened Deminpenn Apr 2021 #36
Yes, great points LymphocyteLover Apr 2021 #38
HAVA BadGimp Apr 2021 #23
I suspect you're right. During the Bush years the Republicans targeted and replaced the governors Gaugamela Apr 2021 #34
Most of the people I know do not answer calls from an unknown number. I don't. Many have their Gaugamela Apr 2021 #31
The error is taking polls more seriously than a snapshop of a small sample of people are feeling ... marble falls Apr 2021 #44
There's a reason why Trump was so pushy about claiming victory LiberalLovinLug Apr 2021 #45
The GOP has been waging a war on voting since I have been alive AZProgressive Apr 2021 #57
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