• madcaesar@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    In a way this is encouraging… In another it’s a travesty it’s close… I also don’t believe any polls anymore I’ve been burned before by stupid American voters

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      8 days ago

      I also don’t believe any polls anymore

      I mean, they can be useful to a degree. Seeing a race polling at 60/40 means something different than one at 51/49.

      But there’s a plethora of one-offs that go far astray just to get attention. Iowa going to Harris by 5-pts. Trump winning NY and California. Other silly bullshit.

      As a general rule, better to take the average of polls than any single one. And to consider to margin of error, rather than accepting a guy with a 1% advantage is the default winner