That’s a bit harsh.
In a former life, I was one of those poll-takers, and I learned to take poll results with a grain of salt, especially if the questions & methodology aren’t available.
Ultimately, the only poll results that matter are the voting results.
True, that. Back when I was doing them, cell phones weren’t ubiquitous, and most people still had landlines without caller i.d… So, yeah, nowadays, the results are going to be a bit skewed.
Either way, you have to trust that the respondents aren’t lying…
The wording of the questions, as well as the questions themselves matter.
We did quite a few push-polls for Republican candidates; they don’t have any qualms about eating their own. This was a surprise to me at the time.
Now, it’s a given.
Well, as @euansmith points out:
While I wouldn’t put all my trust in polls, they are better than nothing at all.
Because no state is a monolith.
Just because Texas is run by fascist fuckwits doesn’t mean everybody in Texas agrees with them.
Yep. And Ann Richards… and Bill Hicks…
