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lees1975

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6. As Ann Selzer explained, in her Iowa poll defense,
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 11:25 AM
Nov 2024

They try to listen to what the data is telling them, and form a conclusion based on that. Other polls (she used Emerson as an example) include all kinds of other factors, previous voting patterns, past election results, and fill in places in their "model" with their results. So they are trying to make the poll fit their narrative.

I've seen two polls indicating the percentage of Republicans crossing over is at or around 10%, both from polls of people who already voted. So I'm guessing the mainstream media polls do not have a category for "Republican now voting Democrat" because it wouldn't fit their narrative.

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