• @TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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    241 year ago

    I trust zero polls.

    No one younger than 40 answers a strange number.

    The only ones who answer are 55 and up who are dying to talk to anyone or anything with a pulse because their kids hate the Trump shit they post.

    Vote. Get everyone you know to vote.

    Shit, buy them an election blunt and smoke it after you vote as a celebration. This country and the world needs you to vote out Republicans in 2024.

    • @Telorand@reddthat.com
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      51 year ago

      Political polls don’t mean anything for the average person, anyway. They are only useful for the PACs trying to figure out strategies and for the political scientists analyzing social behavior.

      • @TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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        81 year ago

        Weighted-average share of polls that correctly identified the winner in the final 21 days* before presidential primary and presidential, Senate, House and gubernatorial general elections since 1998.

        21 days out. Not a year. A fuck ton can change a year out.

        • @Lauchs@lemmy.world
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          01 year ago

          I trust zero polls.

          No one younger than 40 answers a strange number.

          The only ones who answer are 55 and up who are dying to talk to anyone or anything with a pulse because their kids hate the Trump shit they…

          I fully agree that a lot can change in a year buy that’s not at all the argument you seemed to be making. All of these explanations are just as true for a poll a year out as they are for a poll a week out.

    • Uranium3006
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      I wonder if there’s a skew from polls from factors that make someone under 40 more or less likely to answer a strange number.

  • @Hikermick@lemmy.world
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    151 year ago

    LOL, misleading headline. Trump was the incumbent last presidential election and his deficit was twice as high.

    • @jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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      41 year ago

      “Near-Historic”. Since they started keeping records, only TWO incumbent Presidents have been behind 1 year out from the election… Trump and Biden.

  • MudMan
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    71 year ago

    I feel people in this thread are missing the point somewhat.

    Trump is not a viable candidate. He shouldn’t be anywhere near contention. Anything that isn’t an absolute wipeout here is a major threat. I don’t care what the polls say. People need to start working on this now and treat this as an existential threat until January 2025 at least. If you need motivation, keep an eye on the news in Argentina.

  • BrikoX
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    It’s either historic or it’s not. There is no such thing as “near-historic”. Mainstream media needs a reeducation.

  • Jaysyn
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    Polls have been completely garbage since 2019.

    Member the “Red Wave”?

    • mommykink
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      Did you read the article? The only other time an incumbent has polled below their opponent 1 year from election was… Donald Trump in 2019. Who lost to Biden. Just like the polls showed.

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        Democrats have consistently been beating the polls at the ballot box by 9+ points since Roe vs. Wade was overturned.

        Pollsters are currently either trying to craft a narrative by polling known respondents or they simply no longer know how to poll in a post- Roe v Wade USA.

        • mommykink
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          01 year ago

          Democrats vs. Republicans? Yeah for sure. Biden vs. Trump? You’ll have a hard time finding recent sources to support that claim.

  • AutoTL;DRB
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    21 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    We use words like “may” and “could” to make sure we don’t get too far ahead of ourselves – especially when examining polls of a potential 2024 general election matchup between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

    This makes Biden just the second president since scientific polling began to trail in his reelection bid at this point in the campaign.

    This is notable because a number of Democrats have tried to dismiss the current data showing Biden in trouble by saying that Obama had been behind at this point, too.

    I’m talking about a lead in any national poll that meets CNN’s standards for publication over the entire 2020 cycle.

    Specifically, that Biden is having issues with his party’s left wing, as reflected by the loud criticism of his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.

    Consider the New York Times/Siena College polls released earlier this month from the six closest states Biden won: Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Michigan.


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