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Figure I might as well start a thread about polls. It’s election season
And there are plenty out there.

I will be posting only presidential and senatorial polls

So away we go…

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In before FAKE!

I prefer an average of a lot of polls, FWIW.

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I use 538 but if anyone has a poll that they like…post away

So anyway here goes.

Kansas—trump +7. ho hum

Texas…well one of these polls is wrong or maybe they are both outliers

Trump +6 :scream:

Biden +10 :scream:

Utah Trump + 19

Michigan Biden +11

No real surprises except the two Texas polls what the hell

Allan

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How do you average Texas?

Biden +2?

Allan

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Texas turning purple faster than anyone thought.

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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/tx/texas_trump_vs_biden-6818.html

Here. It’s still incredible to be this close.

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RCP is good as an aggregate for polling. But the fact they still include Rassmussen and Harris in their polling averages makes them less reliable than 538 in my opinion.

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I would agree, but I don’t like the way 538 ‘adjusts’ the polls. I have read why they do this, but I prefer to take the good with the bad, which is the whole point of averaging.

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Very fair criticism. I agree.

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Here is the latest about the Presidential battleground state polls from RCP.

Wisconsin – Biden up by 5.0
Arizona ----- Biden up by 3.7
Florida ------ Biden up by 4.0
Ohio --------- Biden up by 2.3
Pennsylvania – Biden up by 4.7
North Carolina - Biden up by 4.6

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Generally I monitor trends rather than putting too much individual polls.

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Fake.

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Ha ha beat ya to it.

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Au contraire

Polls are real.

They actually talk with the real people they are polling.

You don’t like the results, that all.

Dismissed.

Allan

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The problem if you don’t weight for anything (education/party) the data is real mess and you have Ras skewing all of the data with their constant (daily!?) Trump hearting approval polls and such.

I do like to eyeball this twitter every day, they post every poll, real quick too. Including internals when made public.

https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls

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Maybe, but I would rather have the average skewed slightly to the right so we don’t get complacent.

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Biden is polling better right now than Clinton did at her peak (which was post-convention bounce in early August). Be interesting to see if convention bounces are even a thing this year.

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Yes. Good news and the twittter link is interesting, thanks.

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I already checked Rachael Maddow’s astrology chart for election day +1. She’s not gonna be happy. It’s gonna be a bad day for her.

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From yesterday

Wisconsin Biden +6

PA Biden +6

No big surprises.

Allan