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[–] WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Of course he would say that. He's out of a job if he admits that polling is irreparably broken and that they are clueless about how to collect the data necessary for them to accurately forecast races. People do not want to talk to pollsters and many of the ones that do talk to them will lie about their true opinions.
The polling industry is a cancer to our political system because it's used to treat people as if they're nothing more than their age bracket + sex + skin color and that attitude also bleeds into the political system. They don't use polls to inform what their policies should be, they only use polls to help them manipulate people into putting them into power.
[–] PhilKDick [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Good point - polls reinforce the concept that we are divisible races, ethnicities, genders, generations. Heaven forbid that Americans be seen simply as Americans. They need to divide and conquer.
[–] WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
After thinking about it a little bit more, if Trump loses the election battle and Biden becomes president, I bet the contents of Hunter's laptop will be leaked. I know a lot of press already has it but if they put it on wikileaks or on 4chan or something just to get it out there in front of the American people to see for themselves. It would disrupt Biden's ability to govern and would help build momentum for republicans to win big in 2022.