Polls released in late July or early August have offered some encouraging news for presumptive 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Although the vice president trails Trump by 5 percent in a national Rasmussen poll, a Daily Kos/Civiqs poll finds her ahead by 4 percent nationally. Mean...
LOL why even give that shit space in your article? Like its one of the worst! Even 538 gives it a poor grade (doesn’t even make it to the top 275)
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/
Because rawstory - like all ad-supported media - wants money. It’s a horse race bonanza.
It was published August 1. What “early August” poll are they referencing? Apparently one that happened within 12 hours of the story?
I love the “or” part. You’re the goddamn “journalist” find out what the date was lol
Yeah. The literal second a poll is released it’s getting analyzed. Then it’s weird to read about later the same day because the stories have to be written to make sense a year from now.
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What do you doubt? That style guides force a past tense on news articles? Or that polls are pretty immediately getting analyzed when they’re released?
That they’re written to make sense a year from now.
Oh yeah, that’s a bit of an exaggeration.
LoL i didn’t catch that part, good call