Are people that stupid that their support for a candidate wavers depending on the news story of the day ?
Yup.
That factor, more than any other, is what causes me to view this poll as hinky. The single day shifts in the poll report, require single day shifts 7 times bigger. Drop Trump by 1 point takes a 7 point drop in a one day sample.
Looking just at the female/male breakout, the drop today is ALL MALE! That's weird too. So is the general contour of the African American graph.
All of those sudden moves require much larger single average moves, among what is supposedly a (mostly) fixed group of people polled. My bottom line is I don't find the poll credible.
Either that, or it's as you say. People treat the question like "what would you like for lunch today" and give their answer about the same amount of thought.
Yes, the people are like sheep, they may mewl and bleat, but in the end, they care not who their shepherd is as long as they are well fed.
YES. And IMO, unfortunately the American electorate gets more dumbed down every four years. I think most of the Trump support fell or went to Hillary because WOMEN voters got all upset at the Access Hollywood/Billy Bush tape, and ditched Trump. Other polls I've seen are claiming that, anyway.
Stupid women voters... Many of them are an embarrassment to my gender. >:-(