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In reply to the discussion: Here is why a poll saying many Dems want Biden to drop out is to be COMPLETELY IGNORED. [View all]
LudwigPastorius
(14,870 posts)30. Yes, RCP doesn't include the polls that are privately commissioned by the parties themselves.
...the polls that possibly Schiff, Jefferies, Schumer, and Pelosi are looking at. ??
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Here is why a poll saying many Dems want Biden to drop out is to be COMPLETELY IGNORED. [View all]
Deek1935
Jul 2024
OP
It is true. The average voter doesn't understand how this works, many politicians don't either.
Walleye
Jul 2024
#2
I agree with you. However, the alternate candidate would have to be Harris
ProfessorPlum
Jul 2024
#5
Biden has been an excellent President, probably the best in my over 50 years of voting
Taraman
Jul 2024
#17
" In head to head matchups in the polls (for those who love polls), it is a tie race. "
LudwigPastorius
Jul 2024
#7
Sorry, I forgot that we only like the polls that show us as being ahead.
LudwigPastorius
Jul 2024
#16
RCP uses the simple average of different polls, not some "predictive" algorithm like 538.
LudwigPastorius
Jul 2024
#26
Yes, RCP doesn't include the polls that are privately commissioned by the parties themselves.
LudwigPastorius
Jul 2024
#30
That's the bottom line. It's not Trump's existential threat, it's "show me the money."
lees1975
Jul 2024
#25
Polls were wrong in 2018, 2020, 2022. AGAIN. NEVER TRUST CORPORATE MEDIA POLLS.
ancianita
Jul 2024
#10
What is wrong with the "name callers" who can't defend a point without trying to belittle fellow Democrats?
farmboy
Jul 2024
#28
Because it's the truth. They need to stop this SHIT. It is pure conjecture going down a fucked up rabbit hole.
Deek1935
Jul 2024
#36
These polls ignore the fact that the GOP may be able to keep a Biden replacement off the ballot in key states
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 2024
#29
I just cannot understand that some of the people I trusted and supported want Joe Biden to step down.
katmondoo
Jul 2024
#34
Polls are the false flags of this contest. There will be a large attendance at November's polls.
jaxexpat
Jul 2024
#38
#4 couldn't be truer. Plus the fact that this is all a right wing bull shit topic.
C Moon
Jul 2024
#41
re: " how presidential elections actually work. It is an up or down vote on the performance of the incumbent..."
thesquanderer
Jul 2024
#53
When I saw one of the sources being the New York Post, my bullshit meter was off the charts!!!
wolfie001
Jul 2024
#64
The voters don't understand what their motivations to vote are supposed to be so ignore them
TheKentuckian
Jul 2024
#65
Biden's approval rating is probably closer to the high 30's and as high as 40
standingtall
Jul 2024
#67