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In reply to the discussion: Shit. Jeb beats Hillary in a match up of all voters [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Polls that predominantly engage particular demographics, or that are small enough to give a higher than 3% MOE, all seem just fine when they tell you what you want to hear. Like the AFT polling results. Those were flawed too, but regarded as holy and sacrosanct because it favored Clinton.
I absolutely claim you are "results-oriented." Nothing from you has suggested anything otherwise.
Now, my advice to you is to realize that polls are polls. They are never perfect. EVER. Especially in the modern day, where the majority of the population is "off the grid" as far as most polling practices are concerned. between now and November 2016, there are going to be tens of thousands of polls conducted. Some are going to tell you what you want to hear, others will tell you what you don't want to hear, and a good number will likely just make you go "say what?"
Don't get too worked up about them. End of the day, all you're learning is what the people who were polled think. Drawing society-wide conclusions from this is a flawed prospect, and just becuase your candidate operates that way doesn't mean you ought to (after all, you're not running for office as the nation's first openly Bipartisan president)