Yes, the pollsters' records are so bad that it is hard to believe that anyone pays attention to them --- I remember back when economists' projections were quoted widely in the popular media, and how for many years no one pointed out that these widely-quoted economists had an abysmal record.
Based on the pollsters' individual records, none of them are worth paying the least attention to, much less paying them cash money.
Not a single one of them can point to accurate results that correspond to ballot results over several election cycles.
They also report interim results that are highly suspect: all of the pollsters regularly report wild swings in polling that are extremely unlikely to occur in reality as frequently as these swings are reported.
Exactly.
This year's polls were NEVER designed to be TRUTHFUL, they couldn't be with Oversampling margins as high as 16%!
They were designed to DRIVE the NEWS CYCLE, and keep the Dem Base in the game, and donating...
You don't think those Limos and Private Jets are FREE, do ya?