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The polls are wrong more often than not. I question why we even have them. That being said, you can’t claim polls are BS only when they’re saying things you don’t like.
You can if you're a conservative, it's kind of their thing. They lie about everything.
Hey now! I believe the preferred term is reality challenged.
They’re almost as good as the liberals.
The liberals and the conservatives are both massive con artists that have absolutely zero interest in benefiting the working class. The conservatives are also crazed evangelists, cowards, hateful, and traitorous to our nation. I hope they all fucking die, but I hope it for the conservatives a little bit harder.
What do you mean by "wrong"? I can't remember the last time a poll was wrong.
I guess by wrong I mean doesn’t seem to correlate with the actual election results
So they said there was a 100% chance that X was going to win but Y won?
Yes, absolutely that’s what I’m trying to say, you got me bro!
Ok, because in that case they were wrong. In every other case you can't say that they were wrong.
To give lazy reporters something insubstantial to talk about. It's half a step up from standing on a street corner shoving a mic in people's faces.
[citation needed]
Polls are generally pretty good, especially for reliable polling firms. The problem is people don't understand what they mean, and media often does a poor job at explaining them.