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11. Internal polling isn't magically better than other polling

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 02:30 PM

Oct 2024

https://theweekinpolls.substack.com/p/the-misleading-mystique-of-internal

"...But if they tell a significantly different story from the public polls, that is almost always because they are wrong.'

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Blue Wall Blues [View all] angrychair Oct 2024 OP

DU is in a pessimistic mood today so it's unlikely you will get flamed. BannonsLiver Oct 2024 #1

There are optimists... there are pessimists... WarGamer Oct 2024 #2

Also trolls. BannonsLiver Oct 2024 #3

It's not pessimism angrychair Oct 2024 #5

It should definitely give people pause that it's an internal poll. Self Esteem Oct 2024 #4

It's not an internal poll -misanthroptimist Oct 2024 #7

Aren't They Doing This? Aepps22 Oct 2024 #6

Obviously not enough angrychair Oct 2024 #8

MSNBC reported a lead pipe replacement in oasis Oct 2024 #9

Maybe we are behind... BigDemVoter Oct 2024 #10

Internal polling isn't magically better than other polling asm128 Oct 2024 #11

538 aggregate has WI Harris +2 NewHendoLib Oct 2024 #12

I've been helping volunteer in Wisconsin. lees1975 Oct 2024 #13

If there are in of 3 blue wall States we can afford to lose it's Wisconsin standingtall Oct 2024 #14

WHAT IS THE MARGIN OF ERROR OF THE POLL? Emrys Oct 2024 #15

This isn't even a publicly released poll, it's a "rumor about a poll" Jack Valentino Oct 2024 #17

Kamala had only a small brief bump in the polls after the convention... PeaceWave Oct 2024 #16