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To: nwrep

Are you old enough to remember what happened in ‘16?

Do you remember what the polls said and what his approval numbers were during that campaign?

All of a sudden the polls showing him losing are going to be accurate?

None of these polls are picking up his surge in battleground states, nor his much improved approval ratings among black voters. They do not account for the “shy” trump voter or the voter who says “I’m for Biden!” who then secretly votes Trump.

Most of these polls are—I believe—rigged to pump up the Biden crowd to make him look like a winner. Does he look like a winner? Any more than Bob Dole looked like one?


19 posted on 08/22/2020 8:57:27 AM PDT by Combat_Liberalism
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To: Combat_Liberalism
Thanks for the questions. Yes, I remember 2016 well. Since then, pollsters have corrected for the one big miss in the 2016 polls - weighing by education. To that extent, a systematic anti-Trump bias that existed in 2016 polls has been corrected in 2020, and the polls are accurate to that extent.

It is possible, however, that there may be other x-factors this time around, which may invalidate polls again. We just don't know. But at least on the education variable, and other known factors, I trust polls in 2020 more than from 2016.

22 posted on 08/22/2020 9:03:52 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: Combat_Liberalism

The MSM has called Trump supporters some of the most vile names imaginable SO there are HUGE numbers of supporters that WILL NEVER admit to anyone they support the POTUS!! These SO CALLED journalists have created their own bed of lies now they can lay in it!!! They SILL NEVER have accurate polls NEVER!!


40 posted on 08/22/2020 10:34:24 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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