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Media in Panic Mode over Latest Presidential Polls
American Thinker.com ^ | May 19, 2020 | Brian C. Joondeph

Posted on 05/19/2020 5:18:24 AM PDT by Kaslin

CNN, in their dogged and unending quest to overturn the 2016 presidential election and drive President Trump from office, is in full-on campaign mode. Just as in the last presidential election cycle, opinion polls are a campaign staple of the media and the Democrat party. Polls are not being used as they should, to reflect public opinion, but instead to shape opinion, a form of political propaganda.

CNN commissioned a poll, the results of which were released last week, conducted by SSRS, “an independent research company.” A CNN poll doesn’t mean Brian Stelter and Jim Acosta, also known as dumb and dumber, were on a street corner asking passersby how much they hated the Orange Man.

When CNN reported the poll results, their headline put a ho-hum spin on the poll findings, “Biden tops Trump nationwide, but battlegrounds tilt Trump.” Townhall reported the poll more accurately, “New CNN poll shows Trump crushing Biden in swing states.”

How illustrative that the same poll with the same results was presented so differently, Trump “crushing” in one headline while in another headline results simply “tilt.” In fact, CNN buried the poll results on their homepage as they didn’t like the results. I can’t blame them as it doesn’t fit the CNN narrative.

Polls are designed to reflect the opinions of a group of people at a moment in time. A small sample of individuals are asked for their opinion regarding a particular issue and this small sample is hoped to be representative of the larger population. Otherwise the axiom of garbage in, garbage out applies.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: trump2020; trumppoll
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1 posted on 05/19/2020 5:18:24 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

What the DNC Media do not know is that Trump has our 6 and we have his.


2 posted on 05/19/2020 5:20:49 AM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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In other words, the only poll that counts is the one on election day.

When will the media learn?

3 posted on 05/19/2020 5:21:30 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Thanks, Gov. Wolf, for being such an @$$hole and helping Trump in Pennsylvania. While I realize that wasn’t your intention, it has been the effect.


4 posted on 05/19/2020 5:21:36 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Kaslin

If the polls in 2016 taught the LSM anything, it was that the only poll that matters is the one on election day.


5 posted on 05/19/2020 5:23:16 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Cloward-Piven is finally upon us.)
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To: Kaslin

Some people are not truthful when answering poll questions.
How we vote, is often a private thing.


6 posted on 05/19/2020 5:23:41 AM PDT by FreedBird
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To: Kaslin

And, “Operation Polling Chaos” is still running.

Lie.
It’s invigorating.
It’s freeing.
It will make you KEK.


7 posted on 05/19/2020 5:26:30 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (When we look to government to solve our problems, our "rights" become reduced to "privileges".)
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To: FreedBird

No, people ARE truthful when answering questions for presidential polls..the ones NOT truthful are the leftwing pollsters who skewer the numbers to change the narrative .


8 posted on 05/19/2020 5:27:36 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberal employees at every election since 2008 because I enjoy seeing them cry)
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To: max americana

I know people who were polled and deliberately lied, because the people were too arrogant and also left wing.


9 posted on 05/19/2020 5:31:16 AM PDT by FreedBird
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To: Kaslin

When the major effort to prevent Trump from being elected, failed, those that organized that effort shifted their sites and methods.

When that too failed they re-shifted their efforts to day to day smear campaigns.

When that failed, they re-shifted again to a “Sanity Clause” approach saying the President was not mentally fit to hold the office.

When THAT failed as well, they, luckily (?) had the Corona Pandemic to blame on Trump.

When THAT failed...

Point: The never ending struggle to discredit and overthrow a sitting US President goes on and on...incredible as it may seem, none of their attempts have convinced the people these forces hate, namely, “We the people...”


10 posted on 05/19/2020 5:32:35 AM PDT by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.i)
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To: Kaslin

Polls are designed to reflect the opinions of a group of people at a moment in time.


Like models, they are designed to get intended results.


11 posted on 05/19/2020 5:33:17 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: FreedBird

Oh yeah, that I understand. If it’s a CNN poll, I would lie my ass too and put in Che if it’s an open option.


12 posted on 05/19/2020 5:37:56 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberal employees at every election since 2008 because I enjoy seeing them cry)
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To: Kaslin

I have said and posted this fact all along...The Democrat Party is in a self-destruct mode from top to bottom...they cannot help themselves. Joe Biden in not all there upstairs, Barack Hussein Obama is no longer the “Magic Negro”...he is the “Magic Nothing” and finally Nancy Pelosi is a raving nutcase, lunatic...suffering from being a druggie or, more likely being a full blown alcoholic...period. Case closed!!!


13 posted on 05/19/2020 5:43:10 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forev er!!!)
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To: Kaslin

The media acquiesce to China all the time. Trump does not. The DNC is the pro China party. The media gets their profits from China. So they follow the China line. Trump does not. Trump must be bad.


14 posted on 05/19/2020 5:43:21 AM PDT by poinq
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To: Vigilanteman

Yup.

Democrat Governors stepping all over their own phalluses and angering the public has essentially restarted the Tea Party movement in those states. While it was difficult on our daily lives letting them flounder around in their own stupidity appears to have been a smart political strategy.


15 posted on 05/19/2020 5:46:09 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Plus, let’s face facts.

Trump HAS NO VIABLE OPPONENT.

I don’t mean to be unkind to Joe Biden in his current condition, but facts are facts. He’s brain dead.


16 posted on 05/19/2020 5:47:15 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: max americana

Trump has more support, they will never understand. People will not gamble electing a dementia Biden.


17 posted on 05/19/2020 5:52:55 AM PDT by FreedBird
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To: Kaslin
The bulk of the American people know that the Democrats and the MSM conspired to use this plandemic to destroy Donald Trump. Even people who don't particularly care for Trump don't like when someone is being unfairly railroaded.

Look for a massive Trump landslide victory November 3, 2020. DNC watch parties will be a cross between Hitler's Bunker and Jonestown.

18 posted on 05/19/2020 6:03:54 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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To: Kaslin

Expect more attempts at damaging or impeaching Trump not only for the next five months, but for five more years. They have to knock him off before he can appoint Ruth Ginsberg’s replacement.


19 posted on 05/19/2020 6:08:55 AM PDT by lurk
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To: Kaslin

I remember polls from those same sources that predicted a crushing landslide for Hillary Clinton, including an over “90%” chance of her winning the election.

And this was the morning of the election.

I hear anything about “poll” over my phone line and the call is ended, immediately. I don’t trust the poll takers, especially the likes of CNN, to keep my choice confidential.


20 posted on 05/19/2020 6:15:09 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby)
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