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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Maple MAGA who wrote (1251041)7/31/2020 12:52:06 PM
From: Tenchusatsu1 Recommendation   of 1583396
 
Blah blah the polls didn't sample the right people.

Blah blah the polls underestimated white voter turnout.

Blah blah ...

Let's face it, the polls were never meant to be accurate. They were wrong in predicting the margin of Obama's victory in 2012, they were wrong in predicting the results of 2016, and who the heck knows whether they'll be right in predicting the results this year?

This is just the whole "consensus vs. consistency" problem in science again. Which pollster has been consistently right in predicting the last five elections? Which methodology has proven to be the most accurate and the more reliable when it comes to said predictions?

No one can answer that question because no one gives a shit. They all want to repeat a narrative. If the polls support the narrative, report on it. If the polls contradict the narrative, spike the story.

Tenchusatsu

P.S. - I still think the polls this time might actually be right, and Trump is going to lose in 2020. But I have given my reasons, which has nothing to do with what the polls say.
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