It’s definitely an issue that’s not going away. The DNC really needs to figure it out and stop pretending that it doesn’t matter to voters.

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    No, the polling is only asking and reporting half the question:

    “Do you think Biden is too old to be President?”

    Yes, anyone with half a brain should think that.

    “Will you vote for him anyway?”

    If the alternative is Trump? Yes.

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          The perceived reliability of a poll is only based on who it shows winning. I’ve seen several posts on here and reddit claiming that polls were unreliable when they were showing Trump still beating Biden. On the occasional poll that gets posted showing Biden now beating Trump, all of a sudden polling is reliable and trustworthy