‘Polls are designed and meant to shape opinions, not reflect them’
yes, you’re correct; but in my opinion, everyone should shut up about them until the third week in October, when they take on real significance...everyone on this forum keeps saying the polls favored Clinton by 95 percent; that is complete bunk... the final RCP polling composite had Clinton winning with 273 EV’s, hardly a resounding victory, and definitely not out of the realm of possibility...
It’s actually the perception. Anyone who was paying attention in 2016 had the impression that Trump had no chance. Just like now. If you drill down there might be information to be learned but people care about the headlines and now as then Trump has no path to Victory