That makes no sense. If the pollsters always "lie," then why didn't they just put Hillary up by 25 points the whole time leading up to the election, to demoralize Republicans? Instead, on this day in 2016, Hillary was only up ~2%, thus within the MOE, thus meaning that Trump in fact could have been leading at that time.
It is a fact that the polls, all of them tighten as we get closer to election day. The reason is as has been stated is so after the election the pollster can salvage some credibility by citing his final poll showing a tight race and ignore the 20 earlier ones in which they had “their” candidate up by double digits.
Sure they only showed Clinton up 2 points on average at this time in 2016 but then she lost. This time they are not taking any chances and want to keep the average lead in the polls much wider.
These are nothing but suppression polls and they do not now as they did not then account for the silent Trump supporter. And I will also say there are many MORE silent Trump voters this time than last. The violence toward Trump voters is far more evident today than it was in 2016. People are keeping their heads down and I don’t blame them.
The only time Trump supporters feel comfortable expressing their support is in large groups and we are seeing that happening all over the country almost on a daily basis in the form of Boat Armadas, Car rallies, etc.
Where is the Biden support?