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Fake Polls. Bad Polls. The Polls Need a Scorecard. So We Built One.
Zoose Policital Index ^ | 14 September 2026 | Patrick Allocco

Posted on 09/14/2026 5:40:04 PM PDT by Merrick

1. THE POLLS NEED A SCORECARD Fake polls. Bad polls. Big misses. Zoose introduces the Zoose Quarterly Pollster Rankings, powered by the Zoose Pollster Accountability Index (ZPAI), to measure what America’s pollsters have actually earned.

(Excerpt) Read more at zoose.substack.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democratbias; elections; polls

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Keep telling me about the Democrat sweep in November...
1 posted on 09/14/2026 5:40:04 PM PDT by Merrick
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To: Merrick

Just pray 🙏.


2 posted on 09/14/2026 5:43:01 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: Merrick

Ain’t many people going to be buying homes with that 6.76% rate. My 3.5 looks pretty darn good. Thank you VA loans.


3 posted on 09/14/2026 5:48:23 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: Merrick

His method is biased toward polsters who do more polling.


4 posted on 09/14/2026 5:49:03 PM PDT by for-q-clinton
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5 posted on 09/14/2026 5:50:04 PM PDT by Merrick (It's a car - that runs on water, man!)
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To: for-q-clinton

That one seat SCOTUS pulled out of its collective anus and handed the Democrats in Missouri may actually make the difference.


6 posted on 09/14/2026 5:51:26 PM PDT by Merrick (It's a car - that runs on water, man!)
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To: for-q-clinton

His method compares poll results to election results. How does that bias toward more polling? Not saying you’re wrong, but he literally states his bias number comes from comparing poll results versus election results - so show me how that favor pollster who poll more often, because I would like to know how.


7 posted on 09/14/2026 5:53:17 PM PDT by Merrick (It's a car - that runs on water, man!)
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Keep telling me about the Democrat sweep in November...

The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas today is $4.316.

8 posted on 09/14/2026 5:54:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Merrick

“Old MacDonald took a Poll,
ee-eye-ee-eye-Oh!”


9 posted on 09/14/2026 6:00:14 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Merrick

I’m really not getting his methodology here? They are basically ignoring results compared to polling or only counting final polling.

The trick the media polls just love to pull, and the main failure of them, is to show the Democrat winning in a landslide and then at the last minute “correcting” to show a closer race and preserve some credibility.

They pull it on purpose to skew an election and bend it toward the Dem.


10 posted on 09/14/2026 6:01:43 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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Oh, bosh. Reading the polls is easy.

Polls that support my preferences are accurate.

Polls that run counter to my preferences are garbage and probably enemy psyops.

If an election doesn’t turn out the way I wanted, the election was obviously rigged.


11 posted on 09/14/2026 6:01:57 PM PDT by sphinx
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They are all over the place right now. Mid October gives the real picture


12 posted on 09/14/2026 6:11:56 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: cowboyusa

Pray. If course! Always!

But more importantly...VOTE! And drag everyone you love to the polls as well!


13 posted on 09/14/2026 6:13:33 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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More polling means they get it right in easy elections.

For example, some will poll only competitive races so those are a lot more risky. But CNN polls a non-competitive race and wammo that’s a win for CNN. So when CNN blunders their competitive race it’s only a drop in the bucket.

He needs to toss out all polls that were not competitive (unless an upset occurred).


14 posted on 09/14/2026 6:16:05 PM PDT by for-q-clinton
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To: for-q-clinton

One thing that President Trump is, is a closer in Elections.


15 posted on 09/14/2026 6:22:20 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
I just got to where I work (am on the night shift). This morning when I left gas at my favorite station was $3.75. I held out hope that when I came back around later tonight it would be even lower.

Tonight it’s 4.07. I’m going to be kicking myself all evening for that.

16 posted on 09/14/2026 6:39:29 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
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“Keep telling me about the Democrat sweep in November...

The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas today is $4.316.”
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I paid $7.68 a gallon for diesel today, and that was the best deal in my area. This has become a huge financial loss for the transportation industry, which will increase shipping prices, which will further increase product and even raw material prices.

How does that help us in November?


17 posted on 09/14/2026 6:46:08 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king
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“I paid $7.68 a gallon for diesel today, and that was the best deal in my area. This has become a huge financial loss for the transportation industry, which will increase shipping prices, which will further increase product and even raw material prices.

How does that help us in November?”

It won’t because of dumb asses like you who can’t see further than your nose.


18 posted on 09/14/2026 7:08:58 PM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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How does that help us in November?

Redistricting will help us some. But not enough.

19 posted on 09/14/2026 7:11:44 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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No, it’s *only* a ‘win’ for CNN *if* the numbers are accurate. By ‘easy’ you mean one candidate has a lead above the margin of error. Doesn’t matter. If that candidate wins by 3% but CNN predicted 6% it’s still a 3% error.

If you’re suggesting CNN applies less bias in those ‘easy’ races than in the others that could support your claim, but there’s no evidence of that that I can see. They are either applying a bias or have a bias built into their polling or they do not.


20 posted on 09/14/2026 7:39:44 PM PDT by Merrick (It's a car - that runs on water, man!)
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