It's not just incompetence. Plenty of MALICE is involved as well.

Little lapdogs for some funding.

"Get the results we want!!"

You do know I'm something of an academic.

Oh good.

I know plenty well how neutral gatekeepers manipulate these things.

Facts change when you have a backstory all of a sudden.

I also know when I'm seeing an honest study.

the possision that polls serve no predictive power is dumb and people who hold tht possition are dumb. they predict the results of the people being polled rather accuratly

We're just talking past each other at this point...

"We want this answer, find us proof for it"

as opposed to "We want to find out what the answer is and then prove it"

Ben Shapiro had to admit he was wrong after the 2016 election

But here he is again, getting fooled the exact same way, by the polls.

It's a weird amnesia.

many groups are not being polled however, as there is no reliable way to reach them and potentially screen them (to prevent their numbers from counting twice, or to make sure the sample is random enough)

I think the blue wave is just Mind Games Round 2.

@Dr.Wol Yeah, that's the problem in the social sciences right now. Particularly the more activist and political elements.

Then what was this recent election in Ohio?

That's an R+8 district.

Who are we talking about?

It should have never been news. Nonetheless as close as it was.

https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/republican-declared-winner-of-narrow-victory-in-ohio-special-election/

Troy Balderson.

Ignore the headline if you want. But it's a verified fact it's a safe Republican district that was so close that they spent weeks recounting.

You really think that's comparable to the mega-event in november?

And the seat is up for actual election in November.

Considering it would be the same people again...yes.

And it's just part of a trend, really. There's been a number of special elections.

If there's a local election in my state, I'm not aware of it because I don't watch TV.

But how the hell would I be unaware of the midterms?

This is the sort of question that throws people

"Wait how were all the polls wrong."

9_9

Considering midterms usually have low turnout. I'm not sure it matters.

Because we're not inspecting voters on the human level.

People just don't care mostly.

lol

Fun fact

Or they decide it's not worth the effort.

I didn't even know what Midterms WERE until this term.

Or aren't completely aware of the elcetion.