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wnylib

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23. I trash them without opening the thread. If I open a thread which

Reply to ananda (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 09:48 PM

Oct 2024

doesn't mention in its title that it is about polls and I find that it is, it goes in the trash, too.

I have no interest in or use for the polls regardless of whom they say is winning. Their reliability is too unpredictable to waste time and energy on.

To paraphrase the pickpocket in Casablanca, "Trolls. Trolls everywhere."

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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