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the polls: we have absolutely no way of predicting who will win the upcoming presidential election

everybody: here’s why you shouldn’t trust the polls!!

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:compy: Lady, EVOLVED :awoo:

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what does this even mean

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Oliphantom Menace

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@Lady People seem to think that accurate polls mean, "they provide 100% certainty about who will win or lose" and when they don't do that it's like, "What good are they? I wanted to know if I needed to vote today or not and they can't even help with that! Polls, shmolls!"

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Oliphantom Menace

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@Lady That said, in terms of "providing some kind of an indicator of who will win" they seem to be especially bad at that this particular election

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@oliphant in fairness, if you’re going to have a severe methodological error, having one which makes the race appear inconclusive is a lot better than one which makes the race appear Far Too Conclusive, which is what they did in 2016

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