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7. Polling is suspect at best.

Sat Oct 21, 2017, 01:41 PM

Oct 2017

Who is paying for the Poll,and are they seeking a desired out come. Next,who are the Polls Target group,and in this lies the real story. Next is how do they select those respondents,or what is their Data source for selecting respondents.

Lastly,what is the method of contact and the time of day. With Cell phones being the new norm,and if land lines are the primary source of contact,that skews things to being ultra conservative bent,or what is called hang up calls. And again,age related responses.

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Donald Trump's Approval Rating Plunges As Popularity Nears All-Time Low In Latest Polls [View all] DonViejo Oct 2017 OP

Well at least cilla4progress Oct 2017 #1

Not really, it's still stupidly high and it's not really a drop from what OliverQ Oct 2017 #2

I'm looking for Nixon's low of 24%. I think that is the bottom. stevenleser Oct 2017 #10

How can it be above 2%? world wide wally Oct 2017 #3

A change in a poll approximately equal to the margin of error isn't a plunge, Yonnie3 Oct 2017 #4

Noticed the same stats. Wellstone ruled Oct 2017 #5

Might have to do with how closely they are tracking tRumps behavior, too. Grammy23 Oct 2017 #6

Polling is suspect at best. Wellstone ruled Oct 2017 #7

You touched on several of the points I was taught Grammy23 Oct 2017 #8

This weeks blunders will hopefully lower the rating even more. ATL Ebony Oct 2017 #9

Trump's ceiling and floor has always been somewhere in the 30s. Garrett78 Oct 2017 #11