CNN, Fox and of course MSNBC all saying an electoral blowout and the most corrupt politician to ever run for president will be elected and her name is Clinton. And the only polls that are “reliable” are their own polls. So dammit if Fox says Trump is down by 7 points and trails in every swing-state it’s fact. CNN also reporting Fox polls now because it’s worse for Trump than their poll. According to Bret Bair and his “All Star Panel”, Hillary Clinton will be the next president. Any poll that says Trump is leading is an outlier and not to be given any weight. Charles Krauthammer and Brit Hume vindicated.
Polling is expensive, and good polling is very expensive.
But if the goal is to sell "news", bad polling is as good as good polling, and may be even better (A "Clinton ahead by 15 points" headline gets more attention than a "Race Tied" headline).
Was/is the survey population contacted by landlines the same in 2008, 2012 and 2016? I don't think so. In 2008 few had a smart phone. By 2012, most millennials. In 2016, even grandma has a smart phone.
I'll agree that among voters with landlines only, no caller ID and time to waste talking to a pollster, Clinton has the lead.
Very true. The polls run by or closely associated with the MSM all still have her way ahead.
And every day as I listen to Rush, every 1/2 hour on the news, on the so called conservative radio station here, they use the MSM related polls pn the local news and repeat over and over again how it’s a blowout with her up 7, 11, 12 points, whatever the flavor of the day is.
Never a mention of the other, closer polling data.