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In reply to the discussion: It's all an illusion. Trump is losing. [View all]
Shermann
(9,062 posts)10. There may well be a Big Lie Part II in our future, but that isn't Plan A for the Republicans.
That'd just be a way to save face and make liberals cry. They want to win at all costs, and fake polls don't really achieve that end. So, this doesn't wash. Big Lie Part I didn't accomplish much politically, in fact the opposite appears to be true. Fake polls generate some confirmation bias clickbait revenue and that's about it.
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This should be a commercial. Great explanation of the political fiction we are swimming in.
tetedur
Oct 2024
#5
Almost everything she says, I've seen independently confirmed. Nice to hear it all strung together into one argument.
eppur_se_muova
Oct 2024
#8
There may well be a Big Lie Part II in our future, but that isn't Plan A for the Republicans.
Shermann
Oct 2024
#10
If these bogus polls are so easily identifiable, then 538 should have no trouble filtering them out.
Shermann
Oct 2024
#24
538 was three fourths of the way through 2022 and didn't filter them out. 538 is junk.
lees1975
Oct 2024
#49
Even if you ignore the Republican-aligned polls, this race is still a toss-up.
Self Esteem
Oct 2024
#48
Reality is this WILL BE CLOSE. Anyone thinking Harris is easily winning is filling themselves.
oldsoftie
Oct 2024
#59
How does giving away $1 million a day to various registered Republicans factor into things?
misanthrope
Oct 2024
#46
I *mostly* agree with this, but even when you exclude all of the out-of-the-blue junk polls...
RidinWithHarris
Oct 2024
#36
I hope so. One thing I do see is that there are a lot of polls that I have never heard of suddenly appearing on the
JohnSJ
Oct 2024
#58
Assmusen and some other outlier polls are workiing overtime to skew the averages.
Historic NY
Oct 2024
#62