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In reply to the discussion: NOTE: No other developed country gets their polling THIS wrong this many times in favor of 1 party. [View all]
rainin
(3,246 posts)22. Voter suppression. n/t
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NOTE: No other developed country gets their polling THIS wrong this many times in favor of 1 party. [View all]
uponit7771
Nov 2020
OP
once towards one party, not 20 yrs towards one party even weighted towards that party.
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#2
The US LV voter is peered reviewed and fairly static data. On the data science side the US shouldn't
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#5
That's not going out on a limb in essentially a 2 person race, the sampling this time was tighter
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#11
Cahaly is wrong, I said the polls were weighted towards Trump this time and still had 2% MOEs.
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#13
chalay said one of their poll questions - who do you think your neighbors will vote for
AlexSFCA
Nov 2020
#14
That doesn't get the weighting that's needed, we can do better than anecdote questions. Other ....
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#15
No, we're mid to upper mid range polarized and still fuck up the polls towards Republicans in the
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#7
Give it back to League of Women Voters - didn't they have it for decades before Turdblossom?
Hestia
Nov 2020
#16
Or suppress them with military spec precision. Suppression is Bad Vlads key vote tool no doubt
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#34
I agree. Instead of having to win beyond 5% counting theft we have to push it to 9%.
LizBeth
Nov 2020
#8
Right ?! Then we'll still just be up .5% ... yeah, somethings wrong with somethin
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#9
What other Developed Country has a Major Party that denies evolution, supports shitty gun policies
JI7
Nov 2020
#18
We need stealth Democrats to infiltrate Republican ranks and find out what's going on
bucolic_frolic
Nov 2020
#20
+1, Tio Bernie (not Sanders) gives us a huge clue but it doesn't explain how wrong the polls are
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#30
+1, ... and democrats and pollsters not factoring it in to the degree it helps republicans
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#32
Trump got 1 million more votes in Florida than in 2016, Joe Got 700,000 compared to Hillary.
Mr. Sparkle
Nov 2020
#23
Despite all its deep math, careful evaluation of methodology, etc., polling has proven to be useless
MrModerate
Nov 2020
#25
Not in other developed countries this long towards one party. It like S Korea, either they're
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#33
Voter suppression works big time and is minimized to the nth degree by pollsters and dem party
uponit7771
Nov 2020
#41
Yes certainly that too, but it many instances this vote magic also seems too quick and too sweeping.
hadEnuf
Nov 2020
#43