VIDEO: Should We Pay Any Attention to Polls?

YouTube ^ | Oct 16 | Robert Barnes

[RandFan]

Ciara Haley and George Szamuely talk to renowned litigator and political analyst Robert Barnes about polls and why they are of such limited usefulness.

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[RandFan]

Barnes does a good job here explaining why the polls are wrong (again).... (video is 40 mins long).

[metmom]

I’ll save everyone time.

No.

[pnut22]

Since the advent of the cell phone polls have become less and less reliable.

[SmokingJoe]

Saw the video a few days back. Not only are the polls totally wrong, every single indicator outside the polls show Trump is going to win, including new voter registrations and early voting.in swing states where Trump is performing far better than the polling models predicted.

[desertfreedom765]

The media lies to us every day.

Why would we trust their “polls”?

[Redmen4ever]

Reasons to poll:

(1) if you’re a campaign director and are making decisions about deploying resources (t.v. advertising, campaign workers and appearance) polling can be useful.

(2) if you really like the Libertarian but prefer Trump to Biden, then polling can tell you whether to vote your heart or your head.

(3) if you prefer Trump but are busy, the polls can tell you whether you should make sure to vote or just blow it off.

(4) if you’re a betting man, and the polls are biased, skewed, miss the silent Trump vote, or otherwise wrong, you can pick up some easy money.

But, if you’re a patriot ...

what the hell does any of the above matter? If we lose, we go down fighting. And, we’re not going to lose. What are you going to tell your grandchildren if America goes communist? What are going to tell yourself? “I looked at the polls, and I calculated the odds that my vote would make the difference”?

Look, if Cuba goes communist, you could maybe hope to get to America. But, if America goes communist, let’s face it, there’s no place to go.

[AFB-XYZ]

Thank you! :-)

However, nothing on Earth can break the poll-addicts of their addiction. To many endorphins being released by anxiety and worry.

[faucetman]

NO!

[Terry L Smith]

No, polls are like alimentary canals .
. Everybody has one!

[wildcard_redneck]

Leftist Democrats have become so unhinged and desperate that rigging polls is definitely being done. The leftists are using the exact same methods they used in their “color revolutions” around the world under the Obama Administration and using them right here and now in America. Rigging polls is definitely part of that color revolution recipe.

Have faith! The polls were obviously rigged in 2016 and there is no doubt that the leftists are doubling down with the same methods in 2020 because Biden is and even worse and weaker candidate than Hillary was. Why do you think Big Tech is blatantly, irrefutably engaging in censorship? It is because senile, grifter Joe Biden is tanking. if they were actually winning the talking heads of the “news” would be all smiles and all the time would be spent talking about the future under a Biden Administration.

[RandFan]

Just finished it!

A very interesting discussion especially with historical analysis and common sense i.e the latest NYT poll has counties in WI swinging 40% to Biden which is impossible.

Backs up what many Freepers have been saying for months now.

Keep the faith!

[foundedonpurpose]

Agreed!

They are as real as the non biased media coverage...

[Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey]

When you are one the most famous mainstream, Libertarians in the country ...

And, you conduct an informal poll on Twitter.

And, this is the result (see below) ... even for YOUR OWN OFFICIAL LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT?!?!?

THIS. SPEAKS. VOLUMES. OF. WHERE. WE. ARE.

[SunkenCiv]

• Why Polls This Year Are Crap: A Continuing Saga

[wildcard_redneck]

"The media lies to us every day.

Why would we trust their “polls”?"

This.

[wildcard_redneck]

Do not trust the online betting on Trump vs. Biden either. The moment that political pundits started paying attention to the betting odds on political races is the same moment when big money moved to distort them to their advantage. When the ability to loot the American economy with trillions of $ at stake and you are already spending millions on paid trolls to influence public opinion the idea of the deep state placing millions of $ in bets to distort the betting odds in favor of Biden is entirely probable.

[HotKat]

My suggestion. Watch Right Side Broadcasting Trump Peaceful Protests only!

[SmokingJoe]

In Michigan, the republicans have taken the lead in early voting (VBM +In Person), 41-39. Trump will win the vote on Election Day in person, so the Dems need these early vote margins to change - fast.

https://mobile.twitter.com/realJakeBailey/status/1317503966125740032