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TwilightZone

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20. There are hundreds of polling organizations.

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 09:32 PM

Oct 2024

538 has 282 ranked and a couple hundred more unranked, so I'm not sure where the 50 total comes from.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/

Someone in another thread had a list of allegedly right-skewed and highly-biased polls and several of them shouldn't have been on the list. Emerson, for example, is slightly left-of-center.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/emerson-college-polling-bias-and-credibility/

I think we have a tendency to declare any poll that has results we don't agree with right-wing and biased. Many actually are, of course, but such claims rarely provide any supporting documentation.

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Please ignore the polling concern trolls. [View all] ananda Oct 2024 OP

All about turnout kevink077 Oct 2024 #1

Agree. So far so good! ananda Oct 2024 #2

This and Nebraska kevink077 Oct 2024 #11

I agree servermsh Oct 2024 #3

He had a rally tonight. LeftInTX Oct 2024 #8

Sure... servermsh Oct 2024 #9

His microphone went out? Jack Valentino Oct 2024 #36

It's amazing what drubs can do. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2024 #17

K&R bdamomma Oct 2024 #4

Mark McKinnon was on MSNBC last night. He is a GOP surfered Oct 2024 #5

There has never been a campaign in my lifetime, where so many prominent members Jack Valentino Oct 2024 #37

Agreed, the prominent GOPers sounding the alarm on behalf of Harris is unprecedented misanthrope Oct 2024 #45

Same things I've been thinking for weeks now. paleotn Oct 2024 #41

They search the internet for bad polls, then run to DU and post them. Kingofalldems Oct 2024 #6

mideas touch interviewed two guys who developed some form of polling.. samnsara Oct 2024 #7

That video should be a must watch for ALL DUers. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2024 #16

Here's hoping... buzzycrumbhunger Oct 2024 #39

Yep canetoad Oct 2024 #10

edited iemanja Oct 2024 #12

I always have and I always will. Iggo Oct 2024 #13

Fixed it for ya... Think. Again. Oct 2024 #14

Thank you! ananda Oct 2024 #28

👍 Think. Again. Oct 2024 #35

Some seem to not know, or don't care that they polls are wildly skewed. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2024 #15

So what do only those 26 say? Polybius Oct 2024 #18

There are hundreds of polling organizations. TwilightZone Oct 2024 #20

People, including myself, are going to believe what they want to believe. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2024 #27

Ever since Susan "I'm Almost Very Concerned" Collins consistently trailed outside the m.o.e. in 2020 Tarc Oct 2024 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author disappearingboy Oct 2024 #21

Three days before the 2000 election... appmanga Oct 2024 #40

Damn the torpedoes! disappearingboy Oct 2024 #22

I trash them without opening the thread. If I open a thread which wnylib Oct 2024 #23

I ignore all the polls and all the trolls. Dem2theMax Oct 2024 #24

I always ignore them. Tarheel_Dem Oct 2024 #25

WCPT Chicago, Joan Esposito had a guest host who brought in a polling statistical anaylist lees1975 Oct 2024 #26

That's definitely good to hear. disappearingboy Oct 2024 #29

Thank you. That was very helpful. ananda Oct 2024 #30

If "Lyin' Ted" Cruz loses next month, the Senate is OURS. 4lbs Oct 2024 #31

I'm not counting Tester out yet. West Virginia, where Dems have a great candidate, is a loss. lees1975 Oct 2024 #42

Yeah, we just might end up winning the Senate. 4lbs Oct 2024 #43

I'm already ignoring them wryter2000 Oct 2024 #32

It runs counter to basic common sense that trump Klarkashton Oct 2024 #33

"It runs counter to basic common sense that... LudwigPastorius Oct 2024 #38

Amen. Wednesdays Oct 2024 #34

The "concern" traffic is through the roof! Maru Kitteh Oct 2024 #44