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In reply to the discussion: Dem pollsters acknowledge 'major errors' in 2020 polling [View all]Gaugamela
(2,496 posts)34. I suspect you're right. During the Bush years the Republicans targeted and replaced the governors
of New York and California, two of the largest Democratic states in the country. In California it was a well-coordinated plan to game the electrical power system (Enron was behind it), and cause the power rates to skyrocket. This put into motion the recall election that put Schwarzenegger into office. The whole thing was accurately predicted in an article by Greg Palast. The Republicans were about to adopt the black box voting machines (I think it was either Deibold or ES&S) but a new state attorney general was elected who was a very progressive Democrat. One of the first things she did was to stop the implementation of the voting machines.
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Yes. The pollsters are either as dumb as dirt or deliberately have their heads in the sand.
bullimiami
Apr 2021
#6
"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
The flip side is that Biden won because many wanted Trump out, but did not carry this further down
question everything
Apr 2021
#43
Here we go again...pollsters explaining how they blew a game that was rigged by the GOP.
Ford_Prefect
Apr 2021
#8
In 2018, I worked GOTV canvasing where I live. With a list of registered Ds and their addresses, I
KPN
Apr 2021
#25
Yes, but I feel confident in saying that after meeting the people, and in one case knowing the
KPN
Apr 2021
#41
Portland government is Democratic. It showed the helplessness and incompetence of
question everything
Apr 2021
#46
Telling a bunch of people living below the poverty line that they are privileged
cinematicdiversions
Apr 2021
#54
Rooted in the 1950s, polling is torpedoed by social media, church and business affiliations
bucolic_frolic
Apr 2021
#20
Article conclusions: GOP distrust of polling, low propensity voters, not at home, late movement
andym
Apr 2021
#22
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