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The Sorry State of the Polling Industry
DB Daily Update ^ | Gregg Updike

Posted on 10/07/2020 5:38:39 AM PDT by EyesOfTX

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1 posted on 10/07/2020 5:38:39 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
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To: EyesOfTX

With all the #Walkaway movements, there is no way a poll that oversamples Democratic voters would ever be accurate.

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Do we really know how big the #Walkaway Movement is? I’f seen videos about it on YouTube, but how mny Leftists really stray away from the “The Faith” to vote for Trump?


2 posted on 10/07/2020 5:46:42 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: EyesOfTX

I have a land line and everyday get many calls, some of which appear to be possibly pollsters. I never answer.


3 posted on 10/07/2020 5:49:06 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: EyesOfTX

The new poll shows Biden up by 21! That’s insane.


4 posted on 10/07/2020 5:53:24 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Dan in Wichita

I have a land line and everyday get many calls, some of which appear to be possibly pollsters. I never answer.

Same here. I get a half dozen calls a day on my land line. If the caller ID isn’t someone I know, I don’t pickup.


5 posted on 10/07/2020 6:01:10 AM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: EyesOfTX

If Biden were really dominating in preference polls, wouldn’t the MSM be ignoring Trump. They have been more insane than usual the past week which tells me they are doing everything they can to bring Trump down.

It’s bash PDJT 24/7 by the corporate media. If he was losing to Biden, they wouldn’t be so insane. They would be happy and just dismissive of all things Trump.


6 posted on 10/07/2020 6:01:17 AM PDT by Gahanna Bob
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To: EyesOfTX

They are NOT Opinion Polls because they are intentionally skewed towards Sleepy Joe, they are Illegal In Kind Political Contributions and the FEC should PROSECUTE THEM!@


7 posted on 10/07/2020 6:06:54 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Dan in Wichita

When we got DSL internet from Windstream a few months ago, as part of the deal we got our first landline since around the turn of the century.

It was ringing constantly, and all robocalls. We decided to answer a few and waste their time for fun. Oddly, we rarely get any robocalls now.


8 posted on 10/07/2020 6:22:02 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: EyesOfTX

I don’t think any person should be polled on who he is voting for. Best thing to do is just not give an answer. After all, isn’t it supposed to be a secret ballot? People are being asked to disclose something that should not be disclosed to anyone else, except those who count the votes. It might be different if people didn’t have to think about what an unmitigated disaster it could be if the wrong person or persons were voted in. There should be some differences between the parties & their platforms, but not to the extent that it is now.


9 posted on 10/07/2020 6:30:51 AM PDT by oldtech
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Well potential Biden voters who can see Joe isn’t all that going up against Trump w/ his massive rallies would not turn out and vote if he was behind in the polls as they think, shucks he is going to lose anyway, why bother.

We love winners, that is why there are so many NY Yankee fans etc. So tell me Joe is ahead so I turn out and vote for him, as I want to be associated w/ a winner. Just like sport teams.

Now the media, needs to bill this race as closest ever, evil infectious Trump vs. virtuous uncle Joe, most important race ever, soul of the country is at stake, like some hyped up prize fight wrestle mania for ratings sake so that we not only watch there news show on election night, but we will watch it all week till they finally count the votes in this train wreck to declare a winner.

Always ask, what is in it for them, and reporting facts has little in it for them.


10 posted on 10/07/2020 6:35:01 AM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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To: oldtech

If you poll the country Biden will come out ahead...it is the electoral college that matters


11 posted on 10/07/2020 6:35:39 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: EyesOfTX

Biden is up so much in the polls, Blacks can just stay home and not vote if they support him.


12 posted on 10/07/2020 6:36:08 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (FILL THE SEAT)
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To: EyesOfTX

The Sorry State of the Polling Industry.....which has become little more than a bought and paid for propaganda arm.


13 posted on 10/07/2020 6:38:11 AM PDT by Don Corleone (The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
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To: Flick Lives

I don’t pick up either. Very, very few leave messages, and most of those are wanting to get into my pocket.


14 posted on 10/07/2020 6:43:51 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: EyesOfTX

According to the People’s Pundit pollster NY Times/Siena polls by Nate Cohen are factoring in a HUGE 30% (41 million) increase in voters (which has absolutely no chance of happening) in their polls. “That’s ludicrous; that has never happened.”

“In all of these polls what you see is that Trump is actually leading in a normal electorate, but these new voters are breaking so heavily for Joe Biden with the massive new voters predicted it turns Texas from Trump plus 8 to plus 2; it turns Georgia from Trump plus 8 to even; it turns Arizona from Biden plus 2 to Biden plus 8; and it turns Florida from a Trump lead to Biden plus 5.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E9GyaHzsUI


15 posted on 10/07/2020 6:59:15 AM PDT by Cathi
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Typical Fake polling news: Biden widens lead 21 points after Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis: poll!

Fake news: Biden widens lead 21 points after Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis: poll
Newsweek ^ | October 6, 2020 | Aila Slisco
Posted on 10/7/2020, 6:48:11 AM by ReelectTrump2020

A poll released Tuesday by Franklin Pierce University and The Boston Herald shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s lead grew from 5 percent before the positive test result to 21 percent after Trump’s diagnosis was announced.


16 posted on 10/07/2020 7:00:59 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (The line that separated Satire, Democrats and Stupidity has vanished. (thanks to jonascord)!)
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To: EyesOfTX

The author needs to get an English tutor ASAP. Here lies unbelievable gibberish.


17 posted on 10/07/2020 7:11:17 AM PDT by centurion316
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To: Dan in Wichita
I have a land line and everyday get many calls, some of which appear to be possibly pollsters. I never answer.

I think we would agree that there is something wrong with anyone who does answer those calls. So, if you get only the opinions of nut cases, what can you call the result?

18 posted on 10/07/2020 8:23:09 AM PDT by PUGACHEV ( InsÂ’t coming out of their pri)
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There is nothing wrong with me. I work out of my home and don’t have time to field all the calls coming in, the vast majority of which are scammers. If I knew which ones were for sure legitimate pollsters, I would answer, but I have no way of knowing that so my policy is to not answer (I did answer a few times and got push polled). Does my policy offend you?


19 posted on 10/07/2020 8:32:12 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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20 posted on 10/07/2020 8:38:38 AM PDT by Bratch (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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