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[–] BigDaddy69 ago  (edited ago)

Polls are samplings from a small pool of people.

Statistically irrelevant. A sample of adequate size and representation can reasonably accurately reflect the population. Using multiple samples from different organizations is a reasonable reflection of the population. You can argue that a single poll is biased, but saying all polling is biased against your desired outcomes is intellectually dishonest.

Of those people who polled they can cherry pick results from a democratic audience or paid shills.

Which is why you use multiple sources, including those from conservative polling bodies. If polling is sufficently biased to not reflect the population, it is no longer useful for making strategic decisions. Even if you strictly look at conservative-leaning polling bodies, less than half of Americans approve of Trump.

The media then uses that information to fit their narrative. We all know that most of the media has a liberal bias. They are for profit organizations. They present their audience with information they prefer to hear.

Long story short, polls are not representative of what his approval rating literally is. Provided that 95%~ of all media is negatively biased towards President Trump (proven by a Harvard study) it's unreasonable to even consider polls.

Ignoring the tactics your enemies are using to undermine your position is a poor strategy. It doesn't matter what exactly Trump's approval rating actually is: if the Dems flip the house or the senate, Trump hits the end of his functional presidency, and polls are one of the tools in (((their))) arsenal.

Don't forget the election. Polls failed epically to accurately gauge the pulse of America.

Also incorrect: Trump won well within the margin of error for state polling.

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[–] BigDaddy69 ago 

Polls are not trustworthy polls because they only represent the views of the people asked, assuming they were honest. Bottom line.

Trustworthy? Maybe not. Informative enough to model the poulation? possibly, depending on methods.

The media is untrustworthy

Not everyone feels that way.

Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania turned into red states

Trump won those states by less than 1 percent of the total vote. I wouldn't call these states soundly red.