Say it loud, and say it proud.
Posted on 10/23/2018 5:55:27 PM PDT by 11th_VA
... At Rasmussen Reports, which was the most accurate 2016 pollster, questions on Trump often see a spike in those who check "don't know."
Francis Coombs, Rasmussen managing editor, said, "In most surveys, you generally get 4 or 5 percent who say they are undecided, but if you ask about a controversial issue, particularly one involving Trump, that figure often jumps to the high teens — 17 percent or 18 percent. That tells me that a lot of those people agree with the president but just aren't going to say it out loud."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
No political signs in my yard this year. Wifey is afraid unhinged Dems will harm her horses. I do not think that fear is unfounded.
Pollsters should ask who thier neighbors are voting for. That way it’s not attributed to those polled.
It’s not just that. The right strongly dislikes and distrusts the media. This results in more hang ups and ignored calls. The call then goes to a more centrist R that is willing to talk. This shifts all opinion to the left and strongly taints the polling process.
Furthermore, many registered voter polls over poll young voters. They’re willing to talk, but very unwilling to vote. This also skews the left and makes them think they have much more voters than they actually have.
I don’t answer the phone when I don’t recognize the number. How many people are like me and how accurate can any poll be when this happens?
That’s one reason why the polls were all screwy in 2016. Sensible people don’t answer them or tell what they’re really thinking.
Say it loud, and say it proud.
Given the violent proclivities of our Lefty friends, being a mite circumspect about speaking to strangers on the telephone might be a wise precaution.
Same here. Too many spam calls. I don't answer if I don't recognize the number.
I wouldn't answer a polling call anyway. Sucks to be you, pollsters.
And that tells me that Obama, Soros, Globalists and the Left succeeded partially in an attempt to subjugate the country by making it an implicit if not explicit police state. Control the language and control thinking ... control thinking and that's the end of freedom.
And If they every get any real power, you know damn well they will make free speech explicitly illegal.
All speech will be 'free', but some speech will be freerer than other speech.
For now you can lie on polls and vote how you want. That would last about 12 years under a dem controlled regime, where most would suspect, probably correctly, that their votes were being entered into a database of 'good citizens.'
It’s not socially acceptable to be a Trump supporter, especially in the Burbs. The boys at the feed store and the Coop are happy to pump up Trump, but at the Chamber of Commerce, people keep their lips zipped. They will all vote for Trump and for the GOP candidates.
Silent Majority
Don’t blame them. For whatever reason, the man is universally hated. And I really don’t understand why.
So the news is talking about how asking for proof of citizenship is suppressing the minority vote, an article on 538 lamenting that many close house races don’t have polling data, and now an article saying that the pollsters may be oversampling democrats.
They are test-driving their explanations for blowing the election prediction, again.
They very well could. A neighbor of mine had her horse murdered a couple of years ago. Two shots, so not an accident.
*"don't talk to the f---ing media"
It’s all acceptable to be a Trump supporter around here.
Hell, the Liquor Store owner even has a MAGA hat on the shelf behind the register.
There are plenty of Patriots in my neck of the woods.
Glad I live in a deep red area.
Always lie to pollsters.
I use a red, white and blue luggage strap to identify my bag when I fly. No longer, at least not until this madness subsides. I’m concerned that one of the many anti-American, muslim baggage handlers at EWR will damage my bag and its contents, or worse yet, simply “disappear” it.
I don’t answer the phone if I don’t recognize the number. If I did somehow end up talking to a pollster I would lie. It’s none of their dang business.
I also wonder how many polls are taken over land line only. That skews the sample to older people - younger folks don’t pay for land lines anymore.
I have been getting polling robo calls from a certain number, which appears to be a republican organization, that calls 5-6 times in a span of 15 minutes several times a day. I’m probably going to vote republican anyway, but that’s very annoying.
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