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uponit7771

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18. I thought that too but then that would happen in other countries also, no its JUST the US were ...

Reply to LAS14 (Reply #15)

Mon Nov 16, 2020, 03:22 PM

Nov 2020

... polling has been this inaccurate for this long tilted towards one political party in outcomes.

Humans in the US don't act 100% different than humans in China and our right isn't bigger liars than the Spanish or the Ethiopians or the Bolivians etc.

Jus like Taiwan and Australia have handled CV19 empirically better than we have they also handle polling better than we have.

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Hmmmm, was the polling results in bluer states more accurate than red states? [View all] uponit7771 Nov 2020 OP

we got gnats ass close until around 2002 when the gnat and its ass started diverging. bullimiami Nov 2020 #1

True, I'm thinking then the polling companies have a responsibility to show us this data or uponit7771 Nov 2020 #2

Polling is used for one thing. For a few select companies to make money. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #3

People use polling to effectively deploy their resources. Laelth Nov 2020 #5

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2020 #12

People lie to Poll takers on purpose? pwb Nov 2020 #4

Only in certain states and not the rest of the world?? Seems implausible. triron Nov 2020 #6

+1, there are no other developed countries putting up with polling being this bad for this long uponit7771 Nov 2020 #13

I believe much of the 'polling error' occurred in 'swing states' due to the pandemic triron Nov 2020 #7

Do you think innacuracies increase if they were red swing states vs blue ones? Do you know where we uponit7771 Nov 2020 #14

Joe was at a huge disadvantage Johnny2X2X Nov 2020 #8

Agreed and all of that SHOULD have showed up in the data. I worked at a large search firm front uponit7771 Nov 2020 #16

Did you mean to say "Joe was AT a huge disadvantage?" lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #19

The GOP appears to have had a better swing state turnout game. Drunken Irishman Nov 2020 #9

Agreed, polls Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #10

There's nothing nefarious going on, besides voter suppression, Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #11

No it doesn't, its a fact that no other developed countries put up with such horrid polling for this uponit7771 Nov 2020 #17

There was a good article in the NYT, Saturday, I think. One of their main... LAS14 Nov 2020 #15

I thought that too but then that would happen in other countries also, no its JUST the US were ... uponit7771 Nov 2020 #18