Mega-Thread: 2020 United States General Election

[Felya]

If anyone wants a good laugh, head over to Breitbart and read the comment section.

Equally fun... sticking your dick in a blander...

[MCMLXXXII]

Something did change in PA... the % went to 94...

With that % Biden needs 56% of the remaining votes to win PA

[Kellhound]

Only if you don’t care about any policy...

Actually, that is exactly why I don't like polls, because I do care about policy.

[Antiganon]

Many (if not most) polls can be easily determined to see what answer the people who commissioned them are hoping to get.

I said decent polls.

[Mormolyce]

If anyone wants a good laugh, head over to Breitbart and read the comment section.

Their front page is always a window into insanity lol.

What an ugly layout. I guess they need giant block capitals so their audience can read it and understand the words lel.

[kaelleria]

Clayton has started dropping. Down to 1209 + Trump

They duplicate each ballot before uploading results... So :shrug: on timing.

[Felya]

Actually, that is exactly why I don't like polls, because I do care about policy.

Nope, you think people are too dumb to answer questions, because pollsters are tricksters.

[Mormolyce]

With that % Biden needs 56% of the remaining votes to win PA

He's averaging in the high 70s at the moment, he can still lose PA but only if the last lap includes a tranch of strong red votes that haven't been counted yet (military mail-ins maybe?).

[Thepersona]

With that % Biden needs 56% of the remaining votes to win PA

He has around 45k votes in Philly alone locked in (Net votes)

[Kellhound]

I said decent polls.

Even decent polls often have a hard time finding truly neutral wording, especially on decisive matters.

[MCMLXXXII]

He's averaging in the high 70s at the moment, he can still lose PA but only if the last lap includes a tranch of strong red votes that haven't been counted yet (military mail-ins maybe?).

How the trend is going Biden will still win PA

[Kellhound]

Nope, you think people are too dumb to answer questions, because pollsters are tricksters.

People ARE stupid, by and large, and mobs are even stupider.

[MCMLXXXII]

I'll wait for the Georgia dump to update. Then I'm off to work.

[Mormolyce]

So PA said they'd complete counting today, and it's almost midnight? From the look of it the state won't be called until tomorrow morning or so.

[Antiganon]

Even decent polls often have a hard time finding truly neutral wording, especially on decisive matters.

I didn't say it was easy.

There's a reason that polling is expensive, it requires a ton of people to phonebank it, the pollsters running it are constantly in high demand, and the level of skill and insight needed to do it well commands a premium.

Anybody can throw up a poll on Twitter and ask for responses. Then people can link it on Reddit and you see Jo Jorgensen take a majority.

[Felya]

People ARE stupid, by and large, and mobs are even stupider.

Now, does that mean you are not a people or smarter than most? How stupid do you consider self assessment of intelligence?

[Thepersona]

So PA said they'd complete counting today, and it's almost midnight? From the look of it the state won't be called until tomorrow morning or so.

They'll drop Philly numbers I suspect.

[Kellhound]

I didn't say it was easy.

There's a reason that polling is expensive, it requires a ton of people to phonebank it, the pollsters running it are constantly in high demand, and the level of skill and insight needed to do it well commands a premium.

Anybody can throw up a poll on Twitter and ask for responses. Then people can link it on Reddit and you see Jo Jorgensen take a majority.

Its even harder to get people who are unbiased to pay for them.

[kaelleria]

Well this is scary...
https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1324574794894004226

BREAKING: Philadelphia police investigating alleged plot to attack convention center where votes are being counted; 1 man taken into custody - WPVI

[Fugus]

Now, does that mean you are not a people or smarter than most? How stupid do you consider self assessment of intelligence?

Personally, I think I am pretty book smart and decent at deductive reasoning when I have the information but suck at the social stuff and I have the common sense of Randy from "My Name is Earl"