Anybody else tired of all the polls?

[kentuck]

How much do they really tell us? They are a snapshot in time, but that is about it.

One candidate is trying to divide our country and tear it apart and another candidate is trying to bring us together and unite the country. Which one is best for the country? That is the most basic question facing the voters in November.

I don't know what role or what impact the polls have on the process? What is their worth?

They do get a little tiresome.

[CaptYossarian]

1. 68% said they were tired of them.

25% were still okay with polls, while the usual 7% were undecided.

[Sherman A1]

3. You forgot the 12%

stating they prefer pie over cake.

[CaptYossarian]

10. Okay, you got me.

[MontanaMama]

11. I'm in that 12%.

Pie every time.

[Sherman A1]

19. I'm in the both category

But donuts 🍩 are good to.

[Drunken Irishman]

2. No.

[USALiberal]

4. No

[dlk]

5. Yes! They are misleading at best

Given that we don’t know how statistically significant the samples are, they could mean anything.

[Mike 03]

6. It's not fun to watch the polls tighten.

For me, it's psychological. I loved following the polls when Biden was +12. The notion that Trump is edging into Biden's lead is sickening to me, in light of what Trump's done to this country and all of us.

[malaise]

7. The only numbers I'm really following are Covid-19 deaths

and infections. That is what matters.

[Laelth]

8. I always take a look at the poll threads on DU.

I don’t deny that the only poll that counts is the one conducted on November 3, but I want to see these “snapshots in time” because I am interested in patterns and trends. That’s not everyone’s cup of tea, admittedly, but I can’t ever recall being “tired of seeing” poll threads. In fact, I would like to see more of them—particularly battleground state polls and Senate race polls.



-Laelth

[DavidDvorkin]

9. No

I want more of them.

[ooky]

12. What I'm tired of about the polls is that the lead story on MSNBC every hour this morning is

"the polls are tightening" and then they show polls that look good for Biden.

This morning they showed a visual that had Trump leading Biden by 52-42 in Michigan, then talked about Biden opening up a 10 point lead in Michigan. I'm suspicious the visual wasn't wrong accidentally. It appears to me they are doing everything they can to promote a tightening race which is actually barely changing, if at all (based on all the numbers I have been seeing).

[BannonsLiver]

13. Not at all

What I am tired of is people who seem to think polls can’t be talked about outside the context of their own 2016 PTSD.

It’s basically: “Well the polls weren’t right in 2016 so they’re never going to be right ever again so don’t talk about them, they’re meaningless...” etc.

[Lock him up.]

14. The more they "tighten" the more work we have to do to GOTV.

The oRange Viru$$ia wants to gut Social Security, Medicare and your Affordable-Care-Act plans must be more widely known than it is now. When over 70% are against any cut to them, it makes no sense they don't realize if they vote for the feaRmongering tyRant, it's like they chose to cut their own throat!!

Get out there and inform everyone: Flyers, posters on electric posts, et al! Phone work, register young voters and make them vow to go vote like their future depends on it (Climate Change will be their problem, if not already there).

[Polybius]

15. I'd like to see more Senate and House polls

We don't really have enough of those.

[Beringia]

17. Biden for the Win