Posted on 09/06/2016 6:38:33 PM PDT by lafroste
Just over a month ago, Donald Trump shocked the establishment and took the lead in national polls.
Reuters jumped into action and 'tweaked' its polling methodology.
In a presidential campaign notable for its negativity, the option of “Neither” candidate appears to be an appealing alternative, at least to participants in the Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.
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And order was restored with Hillary surging into the lead:
Today, however, a CNN national poll showed Trump regaining the lead (by 2 pts):
Donald Trump has a two-point edge over Hillary Clinton in the latest CNN/ORC national survey of likely voters out Tuesday, as the Democratic nominee's post-convention lead has largely evaporated.
MSNBC 'unskewed' a CNN national poll on Tuesday that showed Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton by two points, re-weighting the results to match the 2012 electorate and showing a four-point lead for the former secretary of state.
The poll of likely voters, released Tuesday by CNN/ORC, showed Trump ahead of Clinton nationwide in a four-way contest, 45 percent to 43 percent. But MSNBC host Chuck Todd explained that the poll, in his network’s estimation, may have oversampled white voters without a college degree, one of Trump’s strongest groups.
“Whites without a college degree appear to make up nearly half of their sample. In 2012, by the way, whites without a college degree was slightly more than a third of all voters,” Todd said.
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With the numbers adjusted to reflect how the electorate shook out four years ago, Clinton’s two-point deficit shifted to a four-point lead, 46 percent to 42 percent.
Mission accomplished.
To this latest, and most entertaining, "non-GAAP" poll adjustment, we have one question: just how stupid do 'they' think the American people really are?
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The problem with that is, this is not 2012. The 2016 election year is a whole another ball game. It shows me a lot of blue collar workers are supporting Trump.
Error in the title. The part that says “You’re going to love this /s” should be in parens (one is missing). Would you please correct it? Thanks.
Most of the informed have suspected this for a VERY long time. The MSM has ZERO credibility and they are low-lifes.
Stupid enough to elect Obama twice.
Not much different than them leading with their chin.
In 63 days these moron clowns get their comeuppance.
In 63 days these moron clowns get their comeuppance.
Oops double tap.
So they weighted the poll by adding more black high school drop-outs - a core democrat constituency?
Too many whites is not a problem. Too many blacks is a BIG problem..... Says the racists.
Here’s the real reason behind Trump’s minority outreach
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/06/trump-minority-vote-commentary.html
>>Error in the title. The part that says “You’re going to love this /s” should be in parens (one is missing). Would you please correct it? Thanks.<<
Imbalanced parens — the scourge of parsers everywhere!
Three couples who don’t know each other well are seated together at a company event. Toward the end of the enjoyable evening, politics entered the conversation, which revealed a Republican couple, a Democrat couple and an Independent couple. The pleasant surprise: Everyone in the group will vote for Trump. Result: instant friendship.
Well LSD, over 40% of the electorate identify as Independents these days. Trump is winning Indies by 21% in the CNN poll. It's more like Trump by +10% over Hellary.
I think they’re using Common Core math.
I have a college degree and I support Trump.
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