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No-Setting9690 t1_iuwokwe wrote

Always love how apparently 1000 people speak for the millions of voters in this state. Polls are stupid. They can be close to being accurate, but not usually. Let just see how the results go.

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curatedaccount t1_iuwruw6 wrote

Sadly, 1000 is on the high end for polls like this.

I've seen far more conclusive sounding headlines in this sub based on polls of fewer than 200 individuals.

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No-Setting9690 t1_iuwshjy wrote

I do statistical analysis on a daily basis. Not only are polls crap, but you can skew any data to be relevant to your point. It's all nonsense.

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curatedaccount t1_iuwtpvf wrote

Yup. Modern polls are tools for driving public opinion, not measuring it.

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Trout-Population t1_iuwy42f wrote

The amount of people polled doesn't really matter. What matters is a representitive sample. Regardless, we need to start taking polls less seriously.

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InnerBlackberry6 t1_iuyrdfd wrote

The funny thing is, when polls came out saying Fetterman was up 10+ points, Reddit was believing them with full confidence

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