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    2 months ago

    Bullshit.

    even the direct link itself shows Biden ahead in the majority of polls they use to calculate the average.

    Not by enough, but keep in mind this is all based on essentially 2,000 people who answer their telephone for random strangers and then talk to them for 15 minutes about their beliefs. The largest sample size is 9k people. There are 160 million voters.

    Fuck polls.

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      142 months ago

      people who answer their telephone for random strangers and then talk to them for 15 minutes about their beliefs.

      This alone makes me doubt every poll ever. What kind of monster answers the phone and talks to a stranger about politics?

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        52 months ago

        This alone makes me doubt every poll ever. What kind of monster answers the phone and talks to a stranger about politics?

        There was a time 30-40 years ago where you didn’t get robocalls and scam calls all the time. Prime Boomer years. So there is some behavior from that time/generation. Senior citizens also also the phone frequently because they are worried about missing bad news or engagement opportunities from family. There is now a 100% overlap with the groups “boomer” and “senior citizen”.

        Most GenX remember this time, but are young enough to know most calls are scams or robocalls. Millennials and younger never knew a time without robocalls.

        • @[email protected]
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          Seniors are also a lot more likely to even have the option to answer the phone. The rest of us have to work, clean house, feed kids, etc

    • @jballs
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      62 months ago

      Wtf, Kennedy has 10% of the vote?? There’s no way.