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2. Public polls are nothing more than clickbait for for-profit news media.

Sun Aug 25, 2024, 06:11 PM

Aug 2024

Public polls are the same thing as the sunday comics pages, or the obituaries, just another way to get the public's eyes on the advertisements.

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I don't bother with 538, at all anymore, after the 2016 disaster... notroot Aug 2024 #1

Public polls are nothing more than clickbait for for-profit news media. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #2

Those ratings are deceptive WSHazel Aug 2024 #3