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In reply to the discussion: I Told You Polls Were Used For Propaganda [View all]JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)calls from numbers they do not recognize, and I think that introduces an unknown error into the polling. For myself I dont answer calls from numbers I do not recognize.
Also, most of the polling done at this stage is national, and that presents issues also because that isnt how Presidents and Senators are elected
I think certain assumptions are also made with the current polls, and that is representation of certain demographic groups. Are the young and women being adequately represented in the polls with large enough samplings of those groups? The reason I have question the sampling of young and women is because the polls indicate that the majority support a womans right to choose, reasonable gun legislation, climate change action, etc. and the poll sampling seems to contradict that in the closeness of the individuals in general election races.