Our poll says, "Yes".
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Always has been
It always has been?
This just in! The word "weaponized" is the new "literally". Also, "w00t".
You just literally weaponized me
w00t!
Weaponized statistics, say whaaat?
Let me show you a graph starting from "Big" that goes to "If True"
The criticisms of these polls is broadly correct. But I'm not sure I agree with the conclusion.
Nate Silver was bitterly attacked for weeks before the 2016 election for giving Trump a 20% chance of winning when most other (mainstream) pundits were giving him ~1%. It was bizarre to watch; they might as well have straight up told people not to bother voting.
It was Dem complacency that lost that election and thinkpieces like this do little but encourage more complacency. Trump fans will turn out. Biden-haters will turn out. People who would otherwise be holding their nose and voting for Biden will only turn out if they believe it matters. As they would have in 2016 if they'd known Trump had a realistic chance of winning.
Dems should be thanking biased Republican pollsters because Biden will only win this if a big chunk of eligible voters realise that they're going to have to hold their nose and vote for him.
Has been, for decades.
Of course it had, ya weapon