Trump Allies Warn Him: Underestimate Kamala at Your Peril
Trump Allies Warn Him: Underestimate Kamala at Your Peril
Republicans close to Trump tell him that while they were heading for a landslide before, Harris is putting key swing states back in play.
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I remember that the results were within the expected margin of error, and a lot of people being surprised about this for some reason.
1 2 Reply4 1 ReplyThat hack was popular, but not a good analyst:
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/05/04/qa-political-polls-and-the-2016-election/
Not only were the national polls within 2% of the final total, the last series of state polls going into election day had a very obvious trend line:
1 1 ReplySo what you're saying is almost like polls don't really matter, thanks for proving my point.
1 0 ReplyOf course the polls don't matter. National elections don't even matter. But that's no excuse for being surprised about the results.
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