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In one universe, Kamala Harris leads only narrowly in the national popular vote against Donald J. Trump, even as she holds a discernible edge in the Northern battlegrounds. The numbers look surprisingly similar to the 2022 midterm election.

In the other, Ms. Harris has a clear lead in the national vote, but the battlegrounds are very tight. It’s essentially a repeat of the 2020 election.

This divide is almost entirely explained by whether a pollster uses “weighting on recalled vote,” which means trying to account for how voters say they voted in the last election.

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Polling has been unreliable for a decade. It is literally never statistically as accurate as it used to be for a million reasons. It gives the broadest possible view for limited regions, but has not been showing statistically relevant results. When was the last time ANYONE here answered a call from an unrecognized number and answered polling questions here?

I don't know why they keep writing articles like this.

[–] Repelle@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

I answered an unknown number recently because it was from an area code I was expecting a call. It turned out to be a pollster, at least they presented themselves as such. The first few questions seemed reasonable, but then it quickly became obvious that it was a call supporting someone running for local office pretending to be a poll. I was not going to vote for that person to begin with, but this was really disgusting.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Because it's part of the sports-ification of politics.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I actually answered an unrecognized local number on Saturday thinking it might be a pollster, but it was my local voter turnout organization calling to make sure I intended to vote and to see if I needed a ride to the voting center.