““The folks who would talk to a stranger about politics just aren’t representative of people who wouldn’t,” he said.”
Actually, republicans are less likely to talk to a stranger about politics because of the abusive incivility that Dems are so proud to display when others don’t agree with them. Dems are proud of their abusive incivility - they feel they’ve won the culture war by screaming “bigot” when they encounter the market place of ideas. And here they are in this OP, still as clueless as ever. Suits me fine - let them wander in the wilderness...
A friend recently took a pollster call regarding the GA 6th District race, the special election for the seat opened up by Tom Price joining the Trump Administration as HHS Secretary.
He told the pollsters who his first choice was (Handel IIRC), and when asked who his second choice was, told them Jon Ossoff. Well Ossoff is the Dem candidate in this open, no party primary, massive field special election, and in reality, there are more than a dozen candidates in the race this guy would vote for, before he would vote for Ossoff. In fact, he would write in a name before voting Ossoff.
Do NOT underestimate the effect of large numbers of people messing with pollsters.