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What the polls have told us about the 2024 election
CNN ^ | 11/1/24 | Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN

Posted on 11/01/2024 11:16:00 AM PDT by DallasBiff

CNN —

Election polls can’t foretell who will win the presidential election. They’re inherently imprecise. They carry the potential for error.

All that being the case, polls this year have found plenty that’s meaningful about how voters think about politics in 2024 – from Americans’ broad-ranging pessimism about the political landscape to the deep divide in values between supporters of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

As a rule, polling provides a snapshot of opinions, rather than a prediction about how people may act in the future – whether that’s how they’ll eventually vote or any other decisions they might make. That’s especially true of this election, with surveys showing no clear leader in the presidential race, either nationally or in the septet of swing states likely to prove decisive to the outcome. And although most surveys suggest a tight race, a more decisive victory for either candidate remains well within the realm of possibility.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnn; kamala; trump
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I know CNN, seems like they are running scared.

Stop the steal and vote.

1 posted on 11/01/2024 11:16:00 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

“Election polls can’t foretell who will win the presidential election.”

Then why has CNN reported on them so heavily for months. Again.


2 posted on 11/01/2024 11:18:06 AM PDT by cdcdawg ("She runs a mean pick six." Tim Walz, a fraud.)
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To: DallasBiff

When CNN starts this kind of hedging and bobbing and weaving it is because they know a major victory by President Trump is on the way.


3 posted on 11/01/2024 11:18:44 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: cgbg

Or, at a minimum, very likely.


4 posted on 11/01/2024 11:19:45 AM PDT by comebacknewt (Trump trumps Hate)
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To: DallasBiff

I agree, the last 4 years have told US the polls mean nothing.
November 5, 6 7 8 9 10 11 maybe 12th will tell US and I mean maybe...


5 posted on 11/01/2024 11:21:07 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: DallasBiff

Zzzzzszzzzzszz

I voted, I’m done with polls

Reddit sub forums are full of hysterical Dems wailing and gnashing, good fun reading though


6 posted on 11/01/2024 11:21:41 AM PDT by baclava
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To: DallasBiff

Told that CNN still sucks?


7 posted on 11/01/2024 11:23:03 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: cgbg

sorry to be redundant but i posted this in another thread:

I was at the Jets game last night at MetLife Stadium. In just our half of the parking lot alone there were five “Trump” flags flying high. There was a small “FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!” chant before the national anthem. I saw two guys, including one in my section with his wife, wearing Trump hats.

I saw zero harris/walz flags, signs, hats.

Also- the last time the Jets played their final home game before election day at night? 1988 and 2004.


8 posted on 11/01/2024 11:24:48 AM PDT by God luvs America (6young 3.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: cgbg

Amen


9 posted on 11/01/2024 11:27:21 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: DallasBiff

I can tell you that win or lose, I plan to leave the US next year. The mere fact that harris has any change at all of winning tells me that we are already lost as a country.

My wife passed away mar 25 and I have few friends or relatives and I need a change. Watching the slow motion destruction of my country is simply not on my to do list anymore.. I am 63 years old and I am done, baring some other emergency.


10 posted on 11/01/2024 11:29:41 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: cgbg
I have no reason to modify my prediction: this election resembles the 1980 election, where momentum swung to Reagan in the final two weeks. Try as they might, the MSM is unable to hold back the deluge.

If I’m wrong, so be it. However, there’s no sign I’ve seen of any real momentum to Harris.

Unlike Lichtman, there are no crows in my stomach.

11 posted on 11/01/2024 11:36:07 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: packrat35

So sorry for your loss. What countries are you looking at? My pipe dream is to go back to my “second home” , Traben-Trarbach, a small town along the Mosel River, where I lived for 4 years while stationed in the Army.


12 posted on 11/01/2024 11:42:43 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Night Hides Not

I agree, this election has landslide Trump written all over it. In 2020 biden was polling way ahead of Trump, Cackles is either behind or even, and Trump always outperforms his polls.


13 posted on 11/01/2024 11:53:11 AM PDT by HerrBlucher
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To: DallasBiff

CNN has zero credibility with me.


14 posted on 11/01/2024 12:03:21 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Night Hides Not

The Philippines is my first choice right now. I have also been checking out Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean.


15 posted on 11/01/2024 12:13:47 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: Harpotoo

Yes....there’s absolutely no doubt that there will be lawsuits too numerous to count...filed in state and Federal courts coast to coast...in the days (weeks?) after next Tuesday.


16 posted on 11/01/2024 12:29:19 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: DallasBiff

Hillary up be 8. Remember that one? Polls schmolls.


17 posted on 11/01/2024 12:30:42 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand (Mp)
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To: packrat35
Good luck with your search. I have a few pipe dreams, but I’m not going anywhere. My 3 kids and 3 grandkids live within 30 minutes. I’m able to work from home M/F. My coworkers threw me a surprise birthday party on my 70th birthday. I suppose I shouldn’t complain.

Health care is excellent here in North Texas. No problem with scheduling appointments or procedures. My granddaughter turns 3 this weekend, she’s a major reason why I keep on keeping on. Born 13 weeks premature, she’s a fighter. All of my issues pale in comparison to what she’s endured.

Feel free to keep us posted.

18 posted on 11/01/2024 12:31:52 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: packrat35

Sincerely sorry about your loss.

No one can properly console another as I found out when my dearly loved wife from 1973 died unexpectedly at home in 2022.

As older men we are in a certain group seldom studied. I was the only man at my grief counseling groups. A book Widower has chapters and there are a couple of others but most assume it’s not our older male group. Younger men may look ahead to a new relationship in their 30s or 40s for example.

My prayers go for your healing.


Widower: When Men Are Left Alone
by Scott Campbell and Phyllis R. Silverman

Widower to Widower: Surviving the End of Your Most Important Relationship By Fred Colby

The Widower’s Journey: Helping Men Rebuild After Their Loss
by Herb Knoll and Deborah Carr.


19 posted on 11/01/2024 12:56:02 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: packrat35

Where’s the better political Place?

All I can think of is perhaps Die/Der Schweiz.

Of course I like mountains and skiing....


20 posted on 11/01/2024 1:42:26 PM PDT by Paladin2
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