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In response to
"Are you being manipulated by bad faith polling? -- (link)"
by
Qale
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I’m sure there are plenty bad polls but I’m not sure what the strategy would be to be intentionally bad.
Posted by
Dano (aka dano)
Oct 24 '24, 04:52
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From a media standpoint I get why polls showing a tight race are good because it keeps more people invested in consuming the coverage.
Politically it would seem to me that tight polls would boost turnout if anything. It would seem that an impending blowout would make people less likely to vote because they would assume their vote didn’t matter.
I suppose the other function would be to set up the narrative that the election was stolen if you lose because the votes didn’t match the polling.
Personally I still look at polls but I don’t have the time or energy to look into them to determine which ones are good. Of course it doesn’t really matter to me because I decided long ago and will definitely vote. I donated money and will vote. I did not volunteer but otherwise I feel like I’ve done what I can do. I’ve accepted that I have no idea what will happen and assume usual it will come down to some close margins in a few swing states.
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