News you can use in re: polls as aid to predicting . . .
In response to (Quinnipiac finding Trump down four to Biden in Texas):
No demographic breakdown for those polled. Pollsters did this same trick in 2016, with polls showing Hillary close or ahead in (R) states, including Texas, but polls world be heavily skewed in favor of the Democratic ticket. This time around, we don’t get to see the info.
I replied:
Was wondering about Q-poll but about polls in general, so find this comment quite interesting. 2016 debacle, yes. And of course, keep 1936 and Alf Linden in mind, which knocked Literary Digest out of business. For which see https://www.math.upenn.edu/~deturck/m170/wk4/lecture/case1.html
Something else poll-wise:
Now Media News@NowMediaScott13 hours ago
The Quinnipiacpoll is often wrong. On Nov 5, 2018, left leaning Quinnipiac had Nelson up 7 points in the Florida…
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