Trump literally can't fill a High School gym for his rally

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People know who Trump is at this point. It’s not new and exciting like it was in 2016. People voting for Trump already know that they are. why waste time and go to a rally?
 
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Wouldn't it be better to give credence to these polls and move with the urgency they suggest rather than pretend it's going to be a blowout and then be unpleasantly surprised on election night? What's the point of that?
some of these aggregators are using garbage polls from right wing sources, muddying up the accuracy of their readings. the aggregates that filter out the noise and use only the highest rated pollsters show her ahead on the national and battleground averages.

i’m not saying it will be a landslide, though i won’t be shocked if it is, but you can’t reasonably say that they’re tied right now.

just look at how trump’s campaign is operating. he refused to have a debate on fox news of all places. this isn’t a campaign that is acting with confidence.

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People know who Trump is at this point. It’s not new and exciting like it was in 2016. People voting for Trump already know that they are. why waste time and go to a rally?
You think they are attending rallies to learn who Trump is?
 

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This is going to be a very close race. But the Magats are beginning to wear down. Nobody want's to hear him ramble for hours about Kambla and Hannibal Lecture and his feeling regarding his daughters pubescent years
 

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They definitely did make some adjustments because the polls in 2016 were wrong. But that's the point - the polling methodology back then was undercounting Trump voters. The methodology now is more accurate. It can still turn one way or another because we have a few weeks left, but I believe these polls aren't far off from the true numbers, unfortunately.
The methodology this year is no more accurate than what it was in 2016. You honestly believe the 7 swing states are within a percentage point or 2 of each other? You think that is realistic? The difference this year is none of the pollsters want to go out on the limb and suggest one of the candidates is winning outside of their margin for error. And they are undercounting another subset(s) of voters this time around as well.
 

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The methodology this year is no more accurate than what it was in 2016. You honestly believe the 7 swing states are within a percentage point or 2 of each other? You think that is realistic? The difference this year is none of the pollsters want to go out on the limb and suggest one of the candidates is winning outside of their margin for error. And they are undercounting another subset(s) of voters this time around as well.
Yes! Yes I do, lol.

Why not believe it? Because it leads to uncomfortable thoughts about Trump possibly winning? You want to feel the thrill of victory weeks and months *before* election day? The election isn't going to be decided based on how good we make ourselves feel today about things that have a very loose correlation with victory, like yard signs and crowd sizes.

Put it this way, this was the polls on this date in 2020:

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That's Biden 356, Trump 164, Tie 18. The final result was Biden 306, Trump 232.



On this date in 2016:

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That's Clinton 352, Trump 186. The final result was Trump 304, Clinton 227.


The big conclusion here is when Trump's name is on the ballot he outperforms his polls. Which means a dead tie would likely go his way on election day. I think Kamala needs her EV count right now to be minimum 285 or 290. Anything less than that is playing fire.
 

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Yes! Yes I do, lol.

Why not believe it? Because it leads to uncomfortable thoughts about Trump possibly winning? You want to feel the thrill of victory weeks and months *before* election day? The election isn't going to be decided based on how good we make ourselves feel today about things that have a very loose correlation with victory, like yard signs and crowd sizes.

Put it this way, this was the polls on this date in 2020:

Oct10.png


That's Biden 356, Trump 164, Tie 18. The final result was Biden 306, Trump 232.



On this date in 2016:

Oct10.png


That's Clinton 352, Trump 186. The final result was Trump 304, Clinton 227.


The big conclusion here is when Trump's name is on the ballot he outperforms his polls. Which means a dead tie would likely go his way on election day. I think Kamala needs her EV count right now to be minimum 285 or 290. Anything less than that is playing fire.
Doesn't this just prove the polls aren't accurate, especially this particular one you are using. You think just because they have it close this year, it's more accurate than before? :dahell: I already told you why that is.
 

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Doesn't this just prove the polls aren't accurate, especially this particular one you are using. You think just because they have it close this year, it's more accurate than before? :dahell: I already told you why that is.
It suggests that the polls may be biased against Trump (biased in the purely mathematical/statistical sense, meaning that they consistently underpredict his performance). So again, if, and it definitely is an if - but if they're biased against him, then you don't want to de dead even with him, you want to be way ahead of him. Especially this close to the race - people are voting right now.

Look, I HOPE you're right, and all the polls are purposely factoring that bias in and that these numbers are very accurate. I really want to have egg on my face on this the morning after the election if it means Trump loses. But I suspect all of these different polls are not doing that.
 

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It suggests that the polls may be biased against Trump (biased in the purely mathematical/statistical sense,⁰ meaning that they consistently underpredict his performance). So again, if, and it definitely is an if - but if they're biased against him, then you don't want to de dead even with him, you want to be way ahead of him. Especially this close to the race - people are voting right now.

Look, I HOPE you're right, and all the polls are purposely factoring that bias in and that these numbers are very accurate. I really want to have egg on my face on this the morning after the election if it means Trump loses. But I suspect all of these different polls are not doing that.
Harris just went ahead of Trunp in Iowa. Very good sign. She's surging at the right time:

 
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