Posted on 06/21/2017 2:15:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Better question... Are pollsters trying to gage public opinion or drive it?
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You nailed it. They threw everything they could at this one but came up short. They will pull off a few every now and then.
If polls had anything to do with reality - rather than being scams to help Democrats - we'd be calling Hillary Ms President...
I’m going with the nonstop harassment of the voters got Ossoff’s numbers to collapse.
$31 million buys you every tv commercial and bus load after bus load of snowflake ‘volunteers’ constantly pounding on your door so that you haven’t had an uninterrupted meal with your family in weeks.
Even liberals get aggravated enough to vote against ferret face.
What explains Ossoff’s performance in early voting?
I’m inclined to think that 6th Republicans didn’t bother with the first race, not realizing that Ossoff would come close to 50%. The polling was still off.
The lib toads in the “media” have had a number of elections where their #fakepoll numbers came back to bite them on the ass. Using poll numbers to try to influence the voters is really a dumbass idea. You don’t know how the voters are going to react to them.
People make mistakes. When they are consistent in their mistakes something else is in play. How often have they predicted a Republican victory and been wrong? They do this because a part of the voter population will vote with whoever is leading. Maybe the Russians interfered. Democrats need to energize their deceased and illegal alien base. Oh, Nancy - embrace the suck.
They were purposely skewed in hopes the Republicans would be discouraged and wouldn’t show up.
One thing is for certain, the dem money people are not going to throw this much money at many mid-term races.
I am annoyed in general at how hard candidates get in my face about who I should vote for, I have been really fed up in recent years with the ads everywhere.
Just like the misconstrued the Hillary vs. Trump polls.
Did she gain late votes, or did the polsters get more honest as the election approached?
Never pay attention to Real Clear Politics;they use polls that are proven fakes like NBC and CNN.
-PJ
Proving they learned nothing from the 2016 Election. They tried then and failed. What made them think it would work in Georgia?
Who cares?
Moving right along...
Your question is much more accurate. In the early polls they push their agenda by pointing to these wild numbers of their guy winning by huge margins. This pushes the public, and dispirits their opposition. As you get closer to election day they start pushing the numbers closer so they won't look so obviously wrong when the only poll that matters, the election itself occurs. Nobody but wonks remember the early polls they were trying to push public opinion with. Is is a scam. We've seen it countless times. If you watch for it, it is obvious what they are doing.
How thoughtful of you not to harsh their mellow.
Rock-ribbed conservatives have no appreciation for how hard it is to be a snowflake.
I have read that polling organizations are having more and more trouble getting voters to talk to them. Thanks to caller ID, telemarketers and scammers, many people just don’t answer the call if they don’t recognize the number. I know I do that. Then I add the number to my call block list.
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