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Drunken Irishman

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5. It's being excluded because a new Reuters/Ipsos poll has replaced it.

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 05:02 PM

Oct 2020

From what I can remember, RCP never allows one pollster to double-dip.

Reuters/Ipsos just released a poll today that had Biden +4, which was a narrowing from their last poll where he led by +7.

It would not have been excluded if it was a completely different polling outfit. But because it's the same, they dropped the last one. It's why RCP also doesn't include a week-plus worth of tracking poll results in their national averages.

If you look at their national results, you'll see they only count the IBD/TIPP once - despite the fact it's a daily poll.

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Is RealClearPolitics trying to make things looks tighter in Pennsylvania?? [View all] Roland99 Oct 2020 OP

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yeah...that's one reason I've been tending toward them lately Roland99 Oct 2020 #3

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RCP, warts and all, continues to prove fairly accurate... Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #9

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A poll was just released showing Biden leading by 3 😬nt helpisontheway Oct 2020 #4

It's being excluded because a new Reuters/Ipsos poll has replaced it. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #5

Ah, yes. I missed that. Still...the cutouff at 6 polls? With others ending the same dates ? Roland99 Oct 2020 #6

I think six is their cut off if there aren't enough recent polls. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #8