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Do you think the polls are accurate?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by DaDakota, Oct 12, 2024.

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Are the Polls Accurate

Poll closed Nov 9, 2024.
  1. No - more than 3% off

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  2. Yes - within the 3% current margin

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. ROCKSS

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    I never realized some of the polls try and make statistical adjustments. I have never been polled, the only thing I get are spam texts from Harris and Allred. It's kind of like the old "Neilsen Ratings" on TV, no one ever called our house to see what we were watching LOL :D

    I don't trust polls that are this close, but I also don't dismiss them all together, I think they give you a snapshot but a lot depends on how the question was phrased

    I see people being asked if there better off than they were 4 years ago and often people will say NO........................but they don't do a proper follow up, "would you vote for that orange wanna be dictator again" Oh hell no!!
     
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  2. Kemahkeith

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    Maybe a Paranoid Android.
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  3. Astrodome

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    Andrea Adelson: 1. Texas 2. Oregon 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Ohio State 6. Georgia 7. Penn State 8. Iowa State 9. Clemson 10. Alabama 11. Notre Dame 12. Boise State

    Kyle Bonagura: 1. Texas 2. Oregon 3. Miami 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Penn State 7. Georgia 8. Alabama 9. BYU 10. Iowa State 11. Clemson 12. Notre Dame

    Bill Connelly: 1. Texas 2. Oregon 3. Miami 4. Iowa State 5. Penn State 6. Georgia 7. Indiana 8. Alabama 9. Ohio State 10. Clemson 11. BYU 12. Army

    David Hale: 1. Texas 2. Oregon 3. Miami 4. Iowa State 5. Ohio State 6. Penn State 7. Georgia 8. Alabama 9. Clemson 10. LSU 11. Boise State 12. Notre Dame

    Eli Lederman: 1. Texas 2. Oregon 3. Miami 4. Iowa State 5. Georgia 6. Ohio State 7. Penn State 8. Alabama 9. LSU 10. Clemson 11. Notre Dame 12. Boise State

    Chris Low: 1. Texas 2. Oregon 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Ohio State 6. Georgia 7. Penn State 8. Alabama 9. Clemson 10. Indiana 11. Boise State 12. LSU

    Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Texas 2. Oregon 3. Miami 4. Iowa State 5. Penn State 6. Ohio State 7. Georgia 8. Indiana 9. Alabama 10. Clemson 11. BYU 12. Army

    Max Olson: 1. Texas. 2. Oregon. 3. Miami. 4. Iowa State. 5. Ohio State. 6. Georgia. 7. Penn State. 8. Clemson. 9. Alabama. 10. Indiana. 11. LSU 12. Boise State.
     
  4. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    I know you are voting for a criminal - which is sad enough....

    DD
     
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  5. Astrodome

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    It is easy in these moments of crisis to — to question our faith, to sometimes lose our faith for a moment, because what we see is so hard to see that we lose faith or a vision of those things we cannot see but must know.
     
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  6. CrixusTheUndefeatedGaul

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    You shouldn’t called other people criminals, after all you’re the fat Hamburglar. :D
     
  7. Xopher

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    At least he can afford a hamburger. Pay your debts!
     
  8. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    I don't know the mental gymnastics you must do, to vote for a rapist, a pedophile and a criminal - it much be a complete lack of integrity.

    Honesty doesn't matter to you, cheating, lying stealing, don't matter, you are a sad person.

    DD
     
  9. Kemahkeith

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    I do not know but I am sure there is a way to take all of the polls and do an average.
    Maybe that would be more accurate.
     
  10. El_Conquistador

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    This take is about 15 years outdated. The polling industry has evolved.

    The red pill moment for you though, is that most polling is done to shape public opinion, not gauge it. There are many ways to manipulate the data -- including adjustments to party affiliation, method of collection, likely voter modeling, sampling, and how undecideds are handled... to come up with a poll that can tell whatever story you want it to tell. These polling results then drive fundraising and perceived momentum of a candidate. And you won't like to hear this, but political polls -- especially national polls -- are overwhelmingly biased towards Democrat candidates. All part of their deception -- the American liberal is unmoored from any moral code/responsibility... and perfectly willing to lie and cheat to advance their objectives.
     
  11. DFWRocket

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    my understanding is that right-wing polls are being flooded into the media right now and that is shifting the narrative to the right. This was also done in the last weeks leading up to the 2022 election which resulted in the anticipation of the red wave that never happened.

    Here are the polls released between Sept. 30 and Oct. 11:

    Non-partisan-aligned polls: 33
    Republican-aligned polls: 26
    Democratic-aligned polls: 1

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    This is not only an attempt to discourage Democrat voters, but it is also setting up a narrative that Democrats must have cheated if Trump loses because "all the polls said Trump would win."
     
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  12. El_Conquistador

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    Democrat-aligned polls don't want to publish the bad news they are finding... because again, the purpose of many Democrat-aligned pollsters is to shape public opinion, not gauge it.
     

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