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Old 09-22-2018, 08:47 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Cruithne View Post
So you arbitrarily add 10% in your own head?

LOL

And they say we've got Trump derangement syndrome.

Why even bother looking at polls if you're just going to just make up your own numbers? It's meaningless.
You can also compare a Reuters poll today to a Reuters poll from last month, and that is useful to see the change.
So even if the actual polling method doesn't account for a large portion of Trump supporters, the change in a poll from month to month is very relevant.
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Old 09-22-2018, 08:49 AM
 
Location: Arizona
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Yes you are mistaken.
I don't know how many times I have to repeat this.
I add 10% onto each poll because I know Trump supporters generally avoid pollsters because pollsters represent the hated media....
So the polls are very useful once you add 10% to Trump (or 5%, whatever you think the missing number is).
Plus you can compare a Reuters poll today to a Reuters poll from last month, and it is useful to see the change, because the change is useful regardless of how accurate the polling is.
So in other words, you just make stuff up however you want.

Got it.
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Old 09-22-2018, 08:51 AM
 
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So in other words, you just make stuff up however you want.

Got it.
No, the poll results are from RealClearPolitics.
Ever heard of it?
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Old 09-22-2018, 08:53 AM
 
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The Trump Trainwreck? Lol…...
Oh, I'd say that trainwreck is already happening and the leftists are getting on board or facing derailment. Enjoy the show.

There is no need to try and convince the leftists that President Trump's poll numbers are good. Who cares what they believe about his approval rating? They were convinced he'd lose in 2016 and look what that got them. Blindsided.
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Old 09-22-2018, 08:54 AM
 
Location: Flyover Country
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So in other words, you just make stuff up however you want.

Got it.
Trumpworld.
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Old 09-22-2018, 08:55 AM
 
Location: Flyover Country
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Oh, I'd say that trainwreck is already happening and the leftists are getting on board or facing derailment. Enjoy the show.
I am enjoying the show, and can't wait for the new season to start. I hear the Mueller Files is going to be a big hit.
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Old 09-22-2018, 08:57 AM
 
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Trumpworld.
Meanwhile everyone else is in Nate Silver world, the world where Hillary won by a landslide and all those swing states went her way.
If only Nate Silver had accounted for silent Trump voters.....
Silver will be even further off the mark in 2020, because Trump supporters hate the media a lot more now than they did in 2016, so what are the odds of them answering a pollster now?
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Old 09-22-2018, 08:57 AM
 
Location: Phoenix
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Your boy might even break 50%!
He breaks 50% with the extreme bias that's been at play against, he's winning all 50 states.
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Old 09-22-2018, 08:59 AM
 
Location: Flyover Country
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He breaks 50% with the extreme bias that's been at play against, he's winning all 50 states.
What you call "bias", we call "reality".
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Old 09-22-2018, 09:14 AM
 
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What you call "bias", we call "reality".
Your "reality" was disproved in November 2016.
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