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14. Yes, if fact.

Mon Mar 22, 2021, 05:58 PM

Mar 2021

The point isn't always to validate the opposing viewpoint. Its to understand what people who disgree with you are hearing and thinking.

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538's Walk of Shame continues. [View all] speak easy Mar 2021 OP

And that poll is rated differently... brooklynite Mar 2021 #1

So you say, and say, speak easy Mar 2021 #2

I'm not defending them; I'm acknowledging them... brooklynite Mar 2021 #10

"I'm better hearing opinions that disagree with my own" speak easy Mar 2021 #12

Yes, if fact. brooklynite Mar 2021 #14

How are you going with understanding the 2/3rds of Republicans speak easy Mar 2021 #18

Don't Agree ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #7

LOL, ok! nt USALiberal Mar 2021 #21

LOL, Back ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #22

Parody? Nt USALiberal Mar 2021 #23

Its not rated differently enough and that's the bigger issue uponit7771 Mar 2021 #9

outliers are always important to a data set... WarGamer Mar 2021 #3

Rassmussen Is Land Lines Into Assisted Living Institutions DanieRains Mar 2021 #5

I am one of the yougov people Tree Lady Mar 2021 #6

A ten point adjustment over all. speak easy Mar 2021 #11

So, you want them to "Unskew The Polls"...? regnaD kciN Mar 2021 #13

No. speak easy Mar 2021 #16

Pollsters have been misrepresenting what Democratic voters want Hortensis Mar 2021 #15

Rasmussen's final 2020 Election poll Locutusofborg Mar 2021 #17

Did you read the OP? speak easy Mar 2021 #19

Data is never the problem. Yavin4 Mar 2021 #20