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getagrip_already

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37. My point is polls are garbage and shouldnt be relied upon or influence your vote
Fri Aug 23, 2024, 12:47 PM
Aug 2024

Good polls are just tastier garbage, but just as unreliable.

Look at them like a hurrican forecast of a tropical low off the coast of africa.

The wx channel will hype the storms to the max, and once in a while they will be right. But a depression off africa is something to watch, not change plans over.

And no, the analogy doesnt follow that because forecasts get more accurate as storms approach, so should polls. One doesnt follow the other to that extent.

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I'm going to beg, ok? [View all] PCIntern Aug 2024 OP
After the majority of polls... Think. Again. Aug 2024 #1
I don't think anyone didn't vote who was going to. padfun Aug 2024 #17
Thats not true... getagrip_already Aug 2024 #19
I hope that was COL Mustard Aug 2024 #26
which rather makes the point for padfun stopdiggin Aug 2024 #35
My point is polls are garbage and shouldnt be relied upon or influence your vote getagrip_already Aug 2024 #37
and my opinion leans toward pretty much all of that being wrong stopdiggin Aug 2024 #44
I disagree, Clinton's win was touted as a fairly sure thing.. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #27
I woke up sick on an election day and was trying the excuses TheKentuckian Aug 2024 #38
Good for you! Think. Again. Aug 2024 #41
Just fucking vote instead of mining for excuses not to or to "protest". TheKentuckian Aug 2024 #49
I agree! Ignore the polls, and vote! Think. Again. Aug 2024 #50
I personally know people who voted for Trump to send "President" Clinton a message, Ms. Toad Aug 2024 #29
+1. MUCH more in line with actual events on the ground. stopdiggin Aug 2024 #39
I'd call it cocky. But the effect was the same. Ms. Toad Aug 2024 #45
Yeah, well ... Lesson learned. stopdiggin Aug 2024 #47
Me too. After 2016 I don't believe in polls at all. Yes, it's OK to be enthusiastic, but don't think we have this beaglelover Aug 2024 #24
Agree DeepWinter Aug 2024 #2
Some are feeling a little high from the convention Maeve Aug 2024 #3
Whenever I read about a poll, I realize that really... ananda Aug 2024 #4
Exactly DeepWinter Aug 2024 #5
As long as the public doesn't make the mistake... Think. Again. Aug 2024 #28
Internal polling usually measures far different metrics getagrip_already Aug 2024 #34
I am not talking about internal polls, we don't see them. gab13by13 Aug 2024 #6
I agree...Gallup wasn't reliable back in the PCIntern Aug 2024 #7
Thank you for putting my thoughts into words in a beautiful way. nt 2 Meow Momma Aug 2024 #8
Thanks for posting!!! ALBliberal Aug 2024 #9
"negate posts" - taking this topic to the general, next level - it is SO UTUSN Aug 2024 #10
Someone do me a favor gab13by13 Aug 2024 #11
Wow, that's exactly how I feel Pototan Aug 2024 #12
Polls are a tool like anything else - and we do need to pay attention to them TBF Aug 2024 #13
Polls created by, or bought by, and used in for-profit media .... Think. Again. Aug 2024 #32
Meh, you're going to have to find someone else to rain on - TBF Aug 2024 #46
I agree! Think. Again. Aug 2024 #48
Hey, why are you picking on astrology??? niyad Aug 2024 #14
Of course, PCIntern Aug 2024 #15
Waving back!!! niyad Aug 2024 #16
Thank you! Sky Jewels Aug 2024 #18
Thank you!!! CaptainTruth Aug 2024 #20
this should be pinned to the top of the forum bigtree Aug 2024 #21
Wait. I once travelled across 4 countries and back in a VW bus -- or a Combi as they called it -- KPN Aug 2024 #22
Easy Peasy... Rubyshoo Aug 2024 #23
I applaud your enthusiasm and positivity, but... SpankMe Aug 2024 #25
This is absolutely correct. harumph Aug 2024 #33
polling is greatly improved (if you're talking about any of legitimate and respected ones) stopdiggin Aug 2024 #43
Without "internal polls" we wouldn't be brimming with excitement about Kamala Harris. 4lbs Aug 2024 #30
Polling depends on methodology and sampling bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #31
No matter which , BattleRow Aug 2024 #36
Polls showing Harris winning have one good use central scrutinizer Aug 2024 #40
They Soitenly do!!!! PCIntern Aug 2024 #42
Agree. Everyone is an expert in their own experience... CoopersDad Aug 2024 #51
Polls do indeed matter. It's how most people figure out who to vote for, in the end. mucholderthandirt Aug 2024 #52
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