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In reply to the discussion: Dem pollsters acknowledge 'major errors' in 2020 polling [View all]wysimdnwyg
(2,231 posts)Knowing what to expect? Hell yes!
Fixing the laws that allow the cheating is not the job of pollsters. It's the job of politicians. The job of pollsters is to understand why direct polling is not giving accurate results compared to voting results, and adjust for that. Doing that blindly also tells the wrong story, though, as then everyone thinks conservative ideals (as they exist today - i.e. Trumpism) are more popular than they really are.
I'm not suggesting they obscure anything. I'm openly saying pollsters need to understand everything that goes into the delta between poll results and election results, tell us why they are different, and give realistic expectations for future elections. If they don't account for the reasons why the results are different, we end up with a close election when we expect a Dem blowout like we had last year - or worse, what happened in 2016 where some voters went third party or stayed home because they didn't expect it to be close.