After polling misses in 2016 and 2020, how should we feel about 2024? The case for and against this year’s polls.
  • @just_another_person
    47•8 days ago

    Nope. They haven’t been useful since 2012, and every political analyst says so.

    What IS reliable is the returns on ballots of inclusion for abortion care in every state that has had it so far. It’s very clear that the turnout for pro-choice is magnitudes higher than polls, and we can expect the same for November.

    But still, GO VOTE.

    • @[email protected]
      1•8 days ago

      Republican women are dumb as shit, that’s not enough. That dropped literally right before midterms and they still got Congress seats.

      • @just_another_person
        6•8 days ago

        Whoa. No. Not even the case.

        Look at every red state that has had a ballot on this issue. You’re fucking dumb.

              • @just_another_person
                4•8 days ago

                It seems your understanding on how laws are passed is tenuous at best.

                You do understand that Trump can’t do all the things he says, right?

                • @[email protected]
                  -6•8 days ago

                  Lol, this dudebro thinks people that criticize liberalism on Lemmy must be conservatives. Explains why he was too lazy to downvote my comment history more than ten comments deep.

      • @[email protected]
        5•8 days ago

        Generally speaking, I would not look to republicans for help in winning this election. The question is whether you can find a way to increase turn out.

        The democrats have been very bad at explaining why people should turn up to vote in the mid terms if they want to keep abortion legal. In a presidential year, and when there’s an abortion access measure on the ballot, the argument it’s easier to make.

        TLDR: GOTV for mid terms sucks eggs.

  • Zier
    24•8 days ago

    Polls mean nothing. Voting means everything.

  • @Madison420
    14•8 days ago

    Can the silent majority ever shut the fuck up?

  • @[email protected]
    8•8 days ago

    Since the race is pretty much a complete tossup according to the polls, there isn’t much to trust.

    The polls are shrugging and going “I don’t know man, you tell me”.

  • @[email protected]
    2•7 days ago

    “People can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14 percent of all people know that.”