Pollster Frank Luntz cited a new poll showing Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump for the first time since Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race.
  • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
    64·
    2 个月前

    I like how this and the Reuters/Ipsos poll that has her lead dropping are both on the front page right now.

    Don’t pay too much attention to polls. They’re broken as hell right now.

    • Doom@ttrpg.network
      31·
      2 个月前

      Anyone ever been polled? I haven’t and nobody I know has either.

      I think the Internet ruined polling they dunno how to collect data correctly anymore they’re probably stuck with boomer brains on the topic or something

      • EvilBit@lemmy.world
        15·
        2 个月前

        I definitely got a poll a few years ago from a GOP senate candidate that was a bunch of questions like “How TERRIBLE has Joe Biden’s economic policy been???”

        It was literally damn near impossible to select responses that actually conveyed any reasonable favor toward a Democrat policy or action. Now granted, this wasn’t a national pre-election poll that any reasonable aggregator would include, but it’s still a reminder that statistics can be whatever you want.

        • shonn@lemmy.world
          14·
          2 个月前

          That’s just a “push poll”. They’re only used for marketing/propaganda and fund raising. I doubt they even look at the responses.

      • Windex007@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 个月前

        A guy in the mall polled me one time but he just asked me questions like “name something you groom yourself with”

        Duh, a bride, obviously.

      • Notyou@sopuli.xyz
        3·
        2 个月前

        I’ve been called and texted a bunch. I only answered 1 call last night and answered their polling. I should have mentioned Lemmy and the fediverse and the only place I get my news, so they would focus more on it, but I didn’t think about it in time.

      • Hugin@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 个月前

        I got polled about two weeks ago. I only answered the phone because I was expecting a call from a new number.

      • Tin
        1·
        2 个月前

        I live in Tennessee, and I don’t think we’ve even had a statewide poll since Biden dropped. I wasn’t contacted for that one. But - everyone knows which way Tennessee’s gonna go, so it’s not like it matters. I’d be curious to see if Harris moved the needle, though.

        • AA5B@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 个月前

          Same here in Massachusetts. Last time I checked in 538, the latest poll had Biden in the lead

      • vortic@lemmy.world
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        2 个月前

        I’ve actually gotten two poll phone calls and one mailer this year. The pollsters showed up as “Suspected Spam - Poll” on my phone.