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Farmer-Rick

(11,538 posts)
12. The pollsters always say they were right all along
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 09:37 AM
Nov 3

You just don't understand how polls work. They claim if you take in the margin of error, they were right all along. Or they claim it was just a few points off so polls were really correct all along.

They claim the media looked at a tied race and called it for Trump when they shouldn't have. Very rarely they say yup we got it wrong and we have to understand how and why.

But there are a ton of right wing crap polls that are never going to be held to account. They are about a hundred of them floating around added to the aggregate pollsters like Nate Silver's failed attempts.

And whatever you do, ignore Polymarket. It's a betting site that likes to pretend it can't be rigged by filthy-rich Trump humpers. But it can. Nate Silver is on the board and we know his heart lies with Trump.

No American can legally bet money in the market. So it's just filthy-rich foreigners betting on something they know very little about. I bet it collects a ton of Putin's stolen Russia tax dollars.

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from the ground in North Carolina gopiscrap Nov 3 #8
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After the election Icanthinkformyself Nov 3 #9
The pollsters always say they were right all along Farmer-Rick Nov 3 #12
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Come on NC! You can do it! ZonkerHarris Nov 3 #17
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As a native North Carolinian, I approve this message: mucholderthandirt Nov 4 #20
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