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Elessar Zappa

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2. I never thought they were deliberately rigged however

Reply to RidinWithHarris (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2024, 01:02 AM

Nov 6

there were several cases in the past couple of years where polls severely underestimated support for pro-choice ballot measures. So I think it was fair for people to wonder whether polls were capturing the true opinion of the nation.

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If we ever have a real election again, please shut the fuck up about the polls being rigged [View all] RidinWithHarris Nov 6 OP

Ok sadly I think this was it Tribetime Nov 6 #1

I never thought they were deliberately rigged however Elessar Zappa Nov 6 #2

And I'm done buying the happy MontanaFarmer Nov 6 #3

Yeah, "the polls are not predictive" junk was wrong. We only trust science when it suits us. Silent Type Nov 6 #4

I have a huge distrust in crap run by the patriarchy right now. Quiet Em Nov 6 #5

At least distrust the right stuff RidinWithHarris Nov 6 #7

Nope. Quiet Em Nov 6 #8

This isn't helping, we know it was close uponit7771 Nov 6 #6

No, a lot of us didn't seem to know that RidinWithHarris Nov 6 #10

This is false, people knew it was close and acted accordingly with GOTV uponit7771 Nov 6 #13

Every time i posted a bad poll for Harris-Walz I got piled on. applegrove Nov 6 #9

Yep - I got some hate when I posted polls. kerry-is-my-prez Nov 6 #12

And knock of the landslide/ blowout BS iemanja Nov 6 #11