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Old 02-08-2019, 03:47 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Bureaucat View Post
I like 538, which takes the inherent bias in every pollster into account, but RCP isn’t bad.

for discussion/debate i prefer RCP since it's just straight data. if i was placing a bet i'd go with 538.
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Old 02-08-2019, 04:00 PM
 
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We shouldn't trust any polls but it is fun to imagine that Trump is so popular and it must be really upsetting some of the Liberal Loons.

Yeah so popular that he's the only President not to scrape 50% in his first two years. Look on the bright side though, at least he's winning at something.
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Old 02-08-2019, 04:04 PM
 
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This is proof reading comprehension just doesn't exist. You literally bumped a Primary poll thread from 3 years ago LMAO.
Ahahaha.... didn't even notice that. The poll is from 2016.

Guess we all should have checked the link. Well spotted.
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Old 02-08-2019, 04:47 PM
 
Location: Phoenix
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If Trump is at 50%, it's probably more like 70%....he going to win 2020 in a historic landslide.
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Old 02-08-2019, 05:06 PM
 
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If Trump is at 50%, it's probably more like 70%....he going to win 2020 in a historic landslide.
That is from 3 years ago
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Old 02-08-2019, 05:24 PM
 
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If Trump is at 50%, it's probably more like 70%....

because?......... reasons!
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Old 02-08-2019, 05:48 PM
 
Location: New York
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That is from 3 years ago

As of today he is at 50% approval:

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports®



Then you look at all the other polls:
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/ep...oval-6179.html


This is why polls can't be trusted anymore. Few have gotten it right in the last decade.
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Old 02-08-2019, 11:23 PM
 
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This is why polls can't be trusted anymore. Few have gotten it right in the last decade.

IIRC the RCP average was within the margin of error to the popular vote in 2016.
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Old 02-08-2019, 11:30 PM
 
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This is proof reading comprehension just doesn't exist. You literally bumped a Primary poll thread from 3 years ago LMAO.
Nope,I was referring to a poll published this week

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports®

Only one of us looks foolish at this moment.
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Old 02-09-2019, 04:59 AM
 
Location: Phoenix
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Nope,I was referring to a poll published this week

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports®

Only one of us looks foolish at this moment.
Hey, they're Dimocrats....they only go for Fake News.
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