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In reply to the discussion: Prediction: The polls are significantly overestimating Trump [View all]reACTIONary
(5,749 posts)37. Not true...
... scientifically conducted random sample polling is most often conducted over the telephone, both land line and cell. Such polls almost always are issued along with a report describing the methodology and listing the questions asked.
A few random sample polls (like PPP) use "automated response" techniques - robocalls that ask you to "Press 1 if...".
There are a few polls with an online "panel" of respondents who participate over and over, with the results being calibrated by some sort of random sampling based on panel demographics.
The term "on line polls", in this instance, refers to the Drudge report asking their readers who they support. Not legitimate at all. For partisan entertainment only.
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The problem with overestimating is that it gives trump cover for saying it was rigged.
BComplex
Sep 2020
#57
Trump's gonna have to cheat so bigly that I can't envision how even he can get away with it
Blue Owl
Sep 2020
#5
OVERCONFIDENCE plays to the interests of foreign operatives seeking to interfere with our elections
bucolic_frolic
Sep 2020
#21
The polls were adjust to include more non-college voters, fewer college educated
Fiendish Thingy
Sep 2020
#31
These heathen traitors are just about to lose control of two branches of government for decades....
Hulk
Sep 2020
#45
it was always about the talk radio and nothing has changed there - democrats still ignore
certainot
Sep 2020
#47
i like the prediction by dr jack but dems always miss-estimate republican prospects because
certainot
Sep 2020
#56