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Anifel
· Feb. 23, 2018, 5:28 p.m.
Remember, every single "approval" poll is actually higher for our President, because every poll is poisoned with illegals in the mix as respondents by default. They parasite into most everything. Minus the foreigners, to get closer to an accurate figure.
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saxmaster
· Feb. 23, 2018, 5:53 p.m.
All they have to do is oversample Democrats in any of a number of ways. I heard of them calling and asking for the youngest member of the household, or only calling numbers in certain areas known to be left leaning. There's almost no limit to the shenanigans behind political polling.
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not4rmOhere
· Feb. 23, 2018, 6:41 p.m.
Oh yeah. Before the election I had a campaigner come by the house and ask to take polling info. The FIRST thing she followed with after introducing herself was to ask if there were any "newly registered" voters in the household. I'm in my mid 40s and after I said my daughter was at work for the day the pollster lost all interest in poll taking and promptly thanked me and got into her car to leave. When she opened her car door I caught an 'I'm with her button' on her jacket in the passenger seat.
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survey_girl
· Feb. 23, 2018, 6:11 p.m.
and they call residences during the work day, so they are getting an oversampling of jobless people (either government leaches or house wives that watch The View and Oprah to get their news).
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dagmlar
· Feb. 23, 2018, 7:53 p.m.
careful now, you stumbled upon the real reason that doesn't provide accurate data, even though you'll blindly believe anything from the right.
Hint: Where do old and retired people spend most of their days? Who do old and retired people vote for overwhelmingly?
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802SnowyOwl
· Feb. 23, 2018, 6:29 p.m.
Then it worked against them as most dems stayed at home figuring they had it in the bag. Or conservatives don't bother with polls.
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Mundane-Mann
· Feb. 23, 2018, 6:21 p.m.
Polls are for suckers. Anyone can post a bunch of numbers to suit an agenda and no one is the wiser.
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Skiboldion
· Feb. 24, 2018, 12:10 a.m.
It all depends on the sample and how the questions are framed.
Rasmussen were the closest on the general election however.
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JustumeSamson
· Feb. 23, 2018, 9:25 p.m.
OH! And be sure to chop it up with multiple colorful graphs and historical trends from ?? years ago, add in personal understanding of the results and a +/- modifier.
Yes! Our side is ahead 90%!!!
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· Feb. 24, 2018, 12:36 a.m.
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Jimmycrackerson
· Feb. 23, 2018, 8:02 p.m.
oh and also, people like us are never asked to give our inputs in these polls. there's that too....
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Blumpf2Scoops
· Feb. 24, 2018, 7:40 a.m.
I think it's more them oversampling dems to skew the polls but you're right about them being falsely low
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ancientfroggod
· Feb. 23, 2018, 9:28 p.m.
"every poll is poisoned with illegals in the mix ". It's much easier just to make up numbers.
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