[Eric Pode of Croydon]

All of these polls had McCain in 2008 and Romney in 2012 as the clear losers they turned out to be, while lots of conservative bloggers and commenters were convinced that it was too close to call, if not an outright Republican win.

So yeah, I do think the polls are generally correct, more so the closer we get to election day.

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Not exactly.

There were polls that showed Obama and Romney tied, polls that showed Romney ahead and polls that showed Obama ahead right up until the election.

To me, the one that I paid attention to was 538/Nate Silver’s attention being focused on Romney’s negatives, which were at 51% a little while before Romney was nominated.

Does it trouble anyone that Trump’s negatives are higher than this?