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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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To: Kaslin
This is how the msm run polls:

In this poll, “34 percent described themselves as Democrats, 26 percent described themselves as Republicans”, an 8-point difference. Imagine the results if those parties were flipped, oversampling Republicans by 8 points.

21 posted on 05/19/2020 6:18:23 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby)
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To: Vigilanteman

Don’t forget Gestapo Gretchen in Michigan.


22 posted on 05/19/2020 6:52:56 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Kaslin
The more hate-filled delusionals attack Trump, the more they reveal themselves.

The more they reveal themselves, the more people flock to Trump's support.

The so-called "news reporters" of the media have consistently underestimated President Trump--his intelligence, his puissance, his honesty, and his fundamental morality, all of which tower over theirs.

They have also underestimated the average American--and the same virtues.

If these people were half as intelligent as they think they are, they would have surrendered to TRUTH long ago and come to the support of President Trump, if not for the love of truth, for sheer pragmatism.

Surely they are intelligent enough to wonder why he has consistently triumphed over them and all his adversaries. The answer lies in the tagline.

23 posted on 05/19/2020 6:55:19 AM PDT by Savage Beast (President Trump, praying for guidance, giving his salary to charity, is on the Side of the Angels.)
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To: Kaslin

polls that show T losing are like climate change models and coronavirus death rate models: garbage in, garbage out


24 posted on 05/19/2020 7:01:12 AM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: Kaslin

I’m still curious why that battleground state poll included Virginia. The majority of voters here love anything and everything democrat. In VA, Trump is Hitler and Mark Warner is God.


25 posted on 05/19/2020 7:48:39 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Prayers up for Rush Limbaugh...)
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To: Kaslin

The Democrats also should be in a panic about their presumptive nominee, Joe Biden. Biden won the primaries pretty much by default and big promises made to other candidates to drop out. Bernie was likely again bought off, but not totally silenced. Biden is a poor campaigner and all but the sycophant media recognize his early stage dementia. His shady dealing in the Ukraine and China are a huge liability and now the very credible accusation of sexual assault should be reason enough to drop him as nominee. Trouble is who would the Democrats pick as nominee? Any of the field of the score of also ran candidates would be a certain loser. Gov. Cuomo is an obvious choice, but his handling of the corona pandemic gives him considerable liability. Any of the other blue state governors have a huge liability in their handling of the highly unpopular lockdowns. Any of the a Democrat members of Congress...another assured loser. Liberal billionaires again a no starter. The DNC is pretty much stuck with Biden and know that he will lose in November. What they hope is that the Biden disaster doesn’t ripple down to other races for Congress, governorships and state legislators.


26 posted on 05/19/2020 8:07:59 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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This oughta cheer up the MSM.

Stacey Abrams-— AKA the most preposterous potential vice presidential candidate ever —— indicates if Biden picks her,
she’s prepared to be president on Day One. Her GA governor’s bid failed b/c of “massive voter suppression by evil white majorities.”

Now, a 2014 video surfaced reveals she plans to change racial demographics by redistricting out those evil whites.

At a conference “Race Will Win the Race: The Progressive Path to Victory,” Abrams said: “.....when we do re-districting,
if we have not changed the electorate, especially in the South, we will have a majority-minority population that is governed by a minority
white conservative coalition. And that’s the most dangerous precedent that we can possibly set for the South in the next 20 years,”

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVmvXAITuH4&feature=emb_title

A huge plus (cackle) is Abrams self-styled foreign policy credentials——she’s well-traveled and has eaten
the varied cuisines of a dozen countries she’s visited (living the good life as a tax dodger).

Yet it’s still a stretch to imagine that s onetime state representative, not even a senator — is ready to become the leader of the free world.


27 posted on 05/19/2020 8:41:46 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Kaslin

The left is having a harder time excepting the death of the democrat party than when Trump won the 2016 presidential election.


28 posted on 05/19/2020 9:07:54 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Vaduz
The left is having a harder time excepting the death of the democrat party than when Trump won the 2016 presidential election.

The longer the Dems embrace Pelosi, Obama, Biden, Hillary, Hoyer, Schumer as their leaders, the longer it will take to attempt to rebuild.

29 posted on 05/19/2020 9:10:16 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: Kaslin
Wait till they poll after what he did for farmers and ranchers today.

Trumps going to blow the lid off the next poll.

30 posted on 05/19/2020 9:31:31 AM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: Kaslin

During the 2016 campaign, I was getting polling calls every week.

HAVE NOT HAD ONE SO FAR.

Makes me pretty sure that those polls are only calling Dems.


31 posted on 05/19/2020 9:32:27 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Buckeye McFrog

but facts are facts. He’s brain dead.”””

Seems like Biden’s olefactory senses are only part working-—He can locate perfume & hair shampoo.....


32 posted on 05/19/2020 9:35:52 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: 1Old Pro

They can’t rebuild to they caused to much damage to do so it’s time for the party to be a party of the past.
I bet the independent party will replace them.
You can’t sell crazy and dangerous for very long and they have a long history of both.


33 posted on 05/19/2020 9:36:12 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Vigilanteman
Thanks, Gov. Wolf, for being such an @$$hole and helping Trump in Pennsylvania.

If the Goobers in California, New York, Illinois, or even Oregon can help turn their states red in November, I'll be impressed. For known "swing states" like Pennsylvania, Michigan, or Wisconsin, keeping them red in November is not a big deal, considering that the Dems will come out of their online convention with a "Dumb and Dumber" ticket.

34 posted on 05/19/2020 9:45:01 AM PDT by Ratman0823 (2020 Logic: We all stand together when we all stand apart!)
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To: poinq

CNN poll would say President-for-Life Xi beats trump in a recent poll. 97% of all Americans want President Xi to rule America. Only 2% favored Trump and his racist “America First” neo-Nazi Party.


35 posted on 05/19/2020 12:20:42 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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