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Donald Trump has called Polls Fake News.
He has crowed about how inaccurate the polls were in 2016.
But Today he Tweeted this about a Politico poll:
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It is finally sinking through. 46% OF PEOPLE BELIEVE MAJOR NATIONAL NEWS ORGS FABRICATE STORIES ABOUT ME. FAKE NEWS, even worse! Lost cred.
Now, I wonder why The Donald, given his suspicion of polling and the Media, accepts the results of THIS poll without question.
I can't think of a reason why.
Anybody have any ideas?
Poll: 46 percent think media make up stories about Trump
Last edited by Goose (10/22/2017 2:18 pm)
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By the way, when you look into it, you discover that the Politico poll of 1,991 people was conducted Online.
According to the Pew Research Center;
The accuracy of a poll depends on how it was conducted. Most of Pew Research’s polling is done by telephone. By contrast, most online polls that use participants who volunteer to take part do not have a proven record of accuracy. There are at least two reasons for this. One is that not everyone in the U.S. uses the internet, and those who do not are demographically different from the rest of the public. Another reason is that people who volunteer for polls may be different from other people in ways that could make the poll unrepresentative. At worst, online polls can be seriously biased if people who hold a particular point of view are more motivated to participate than those with a different point of view.
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Interesting when you read at the bottom of the Politico article the details of the poll and see that 81% of the respondents were White (at least reportedly) and the poll itself says it is to represent a normal cross section of the voters. Seems like it could be a little skewed to me.