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To: FlingWingFlyer

Polls like Gallup, Fox and CNN have no credibility because they still use legacy live operators rather than the new technology, which was much closer to the mark on election day. Another problem is pollsters tend to oversample metropolitan areas, and undersample rural and exurb communities. That’s why they never saw the tsunami on November 8 coming.


19 posted on 03/20/2017 8:58:07 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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I agree. Although I still watch FOX off and on, it is my opinion that the FOX polls are the wackiest of them all. I haven’t a clue who it is they are polling. Their “polls” are insane.


22 posted on 03/20/2017 9:00:52 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. - Clint Eastwood)
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To: Sidebar Moderator
Gallup includes cell phones in their surveys and there is debate as to the effectiveness of robo surveys.

I would be careful how you use the term tsunami. Trump lost the popular vote, so I wouldn't say a tsunami showed up. The rural vote showed up in the right places and gave Trump the electoral vote victory. Trump's victories in WI, MI and PA were narrow. And the polls were correct. Most showed Trump losing the popular vote and that is what happened.

61 posted on 03/20/2017 11:20:57 AM PDT by Dave W
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