Trailing in Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina ... and Texas!
Trailing in Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina ... and Texas!
And just this morning there was some news that even a stupid, idiotic, lying POS like Donald Trump can understand:
Biden actually raised several millions of dollars more than did Trump in the last quarter.
And just this morning there was some news that even a stupid, idiotic, lying POS like Donald Trump can understand:
Biden actually raised several millions of dollars more than did Trump in the last quarter.
That's assuming Trump has actually kept the money, and not stolen it for other uses.True. But Trump still has a lot more in total as he's been campaigning since inauguration day.
I mentioned that in the Biden thread.I heard a great quote on CNN this morning. A reporter was talking to 2016 Trump voters in a retirement community in Florida who planned to vote for Biden. Trump's attack on Biden for dementia fell pretty flat on these people. If you need to win Florida, don't attack someone for being old. Seems obvious but Trump and his Trumptrash aren't smart enough to get it.
Yes this is a gut feeling. No I am not certain of this. No I (obviously, by definition pretty much) can't show any data that support or proves it.
I still think the polls are wrong. Why?
Because I think Trump supporters like lying to Pollsters. It fits in with their core childish, trolling, anything to tweak the Libs base mentality.
First, it is highly unlikely there is a mass sabotage of national polls by Trump voters. Millions of Trump fans would have to be prepared at a moment's notice to take a polling call and answer most questions honestly and a couple of questions wrong.
Second, bad polling is probably the result of bad sampling, such as Siena College not getting a truly random sample of independents.
Third, there are probably some "shy" Trump voters who are inflating the undecided numbers a bit.
Overall, the national polls may well be underestimating Trump's support - but not enough to make up for his widening deficit with Biden. Trump needs to stop complaining about the polls and start fixing his presidency if wants to win in November.
It is certainly possible that some Trump supporters would lie because they like Trolling pollsters. (Its also possible that some may lie because they are embarrassed to tell anyone they like Trump.)Yes this is a gut feeling. No I am not certain of this. No I (obviously, by definition pretty much) can't show any data that support or proves it.
I still think the polls are wrong. Why?
Because I think Trump supporters like lying to Pollsters. It fits in with their core childish, trolling, anything to tweak the Libs base mentality.
Remember, many of the same factors were in play in 2016... We knew Trump was a racist conman who liked to 'grab em by the pussy'. Trump's supporters were fine with that. Yet opinion polls ended up actually being pretty accurate at the end (off by only a couple of percentage points in the popular vote). They had similar reasons to lie in 2016, but it didn't really change how accurate the polls ended up being.
I mentioned that in the Biden thread.
Polling shows that Trump has actually lost a significant amount of the senior vote. A demographic that was once reliably republican is now shifting to Biden.
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I really don't understand Trump's resilience in Ohio. All the other swing states make sense. There's no reason Trump should be tied with Biden there. The trade wars hurt Ohio a lot. The coal industry tanking and it's one of the worst states for opioid deaths. Trump should have a lot of vulnerabilities there.
Not sure how they calculated that. They gave 4 polls since April, and none of them had Biden above 2% (and Trump was winning in one). So they must be doing some sort of adjustment.I really don't understand Trump's resilience in Ohio. All the other swing states make sense. There's no reason Trump should be tied with Biden there. The trade wars hurt Ohio a lot. The coal industry tanking and it's one of the worst states for opioid deaths. Trump should have a lot of vulnerabilities there.
538 ha Biden up by 2.5 in Ohio. There are very few polls, though.
Not sure how they calculated that. They gave 4 polls since April, and none of them had Biden above 2% (and Trump was winning in one). So they must be doing some sort of adjustment.
FiveThirtyEight.com said:An updating average of 2020 presidential general election polls, accounting for each poll’s quality, sample size and recency
If the best poll has Biden winning by 1-2%, but they have the 'average' at 2.5%, then they are doing more than just adjusting it based on quality or sample size. Even if they give more weight to the polls that show biden at 2%, that is still below the 2.5% average.Yes, it says so just under the headline.Not sure how they calculated that. They gave 4 polls since April, and none of them had Biden above 2% (and Trump was winning in one). So they must be doing some sort of adjustment.
An updating average of 2020 presidential general election polls, accounting for each poll’s quality, sample size and recency