The last couple of elections have shown the polls to be unreliable with a distinct bias favoring Republicans in appearance. Last I heard the popular theory was boomers are more likely to answer random calls and have time for a bunch of questions.
No. The polls do swing about 4% but it’s in a random direction in every election no matter what.
Almost no polls use landline random digit dialing exclusively anymore. Some call cell phones, some do online surveys or in person surveys, and some do focus groups.
The last couple of elections have shown the polls to be unreliable with a distinct bias favoring Republicans in appearance. Last I heard the popular theory was boomers are more likely to answer random calls and have time for a bunch of questions.
No. The polls do swing about 4% but it’s in a random direction in every election no matter what.
Almost no polls use landline random digit dialing exclusively anymore. Some call cell phones, some do online surveys or in person surveys, and some do focus groups.
Yes; that’s entirely consistent with what I said. I wasn’t even considering that some polls might be calling landlines when I made my comment.
Okay but the Trump “victory” of 2016 was shocking to most analysts.
I’m talking about data within the past 4 years. 2016 was 8 years ago.
Right so the last 3 elections but not the election 4 ago specifically, okay.
Not even going to include midterm elections for Congress?
Including the midterm election is how I got a grand total of 2.
1 presidential 4 years ago.
1 midterm 2 years ago.
1+1=2.
2 elections.
Get it yet?
Please consider taking the time to think instead of immediately jumping to a knee-jerk response.
Ah you right, you said 4 years but I kept going with the 8 years line of thinking.
It’s late for me, so I get it. Sorry for the condescending tone I took at the end.