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Buckeye_Democrat

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9. Polls might be more accurate if they...

Reply to USAFRetired_Liberal (Original post)

Wed Nov 3, 2021, 02:40 AM

Nov 2021

... take into account that urban voters have to endure much longer lines to vote, for example.

There was video of an insanely long line in NYC that was shared on DU for the November 2016 election, and I'm almost certain that I wouldn't have stood in that line to vote. Sorry. (I'd likely vote absentee instead, as I did in Ohio.)

Yet I would've accurately told a pollster that I intended to vote for Biden and the other Democrats. But if I later encountered that kind of line, I'd think, "Well, I'm only one voter anyway. It's not worth it."

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Polling [View all] USAFRetired_Liberal Nov 2021 OP

No developed country on this planet would put up with the horrid level of accuracy in US polling uponit7771 Nov 2021 #1

Virginia looked correct at least. Drunken Irishman Nov 2021 #2

VA was well within the margin of error Sympthsical Nov 2021 #3

Why All The Sudden Hate For The Lincoln Project? SoCalDavidS Nov 2021 #4

They screwed up hard in VA last week. Sympthsical Nov 2021 #5

You Have Valid Points, And Are Entitled To Your Opinion SoCalDavidS Nov 2021 #6

I doubt it was anything major Sympthsical Nov 2021 #7

The repubs Cite Lots Of Meaningless BS For Eons SoCalDavidS Nov 2021 #8

Polls might be more accurate if they... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #9