lightbluenc
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Wonder if polls target people who have already voted?
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This poll is just different from anything I've seen. They aren't weighting their respondents. Rather, they set targets for the demographics they wanted, and kept calling people until the quotas were filled (there was some margin of error). It's not clear what they did with excess respondents -- i.e. if they already had all the white men they wanted, if they reached another white man, did they just drop it out? -- but anyway, the idea is to avoid trying to weight respondents. I'm not sure it's as different in practice as they try to make it sound; there's still some weighting going on through the quota approach, but I guess it could reduce some sort of errors. As for details/observations:![]()
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I assumed it was RV and LV, but it looks like they just did two different LV samples maybe? Both +8
More money, probably a better ground game, indications that Trump's EV advantage from 16 and 20 is fading, better results in methodologically superior polls, hopefully effects yet to be seen from Trump's dementia, and so forth.What makes you think Harris is in great shape? I need some good news.
7pm, as in when the polls close.Where is this 7 pm thing coming from? Pretty sure you just need to be alive at 12:01 AM.
I want to believe. But honestly don't understand what your source of optimism is on this. If you're the type who just needs to project optimism, then all good. I just can't share it without some objective basis. I would be pleasantly surprised if Kamala wins NC at all, and absolutely shocked if it's by more than a razor-thin margin.I know this is reductionist, but we're now at the point where the polls can be ignored. Watch what the candidates are doing. Kamala's in GREAT shape. As is my prediction of her winning NC by 4+ points.
Not trying to argue, just understand.7pm, as in when the polls close.
Point is, there's no obvious reason why an in-person election day voter who dies that day should have the vote count when absentee voters don't. There's an empirically correct answer, which I don't know, but it's not dictated by logic. Not worth arguing.
I've mentioned before perhaps on IC. My mom passed after mailing in and before 2015 election day. A few weeks after election day there was a letter addressed to her from NC Board of elections stating her "ballot was disqualified because she was deceased" before election day.Not trying to argue, just understand.
As I understand it, some states disqualify early voters if they die before Election Day. That rule makes perfect sense (if hard to enforce). It gives parity to those who vote on Election Day who also have to be alive to vote.
You won’t know which ballot belongs to which voter on Election Day. The ballot doesn’t contain any personal information.7pm, as in when the polls close.
Point is, there's no obvious reason why an in-person election day voter who dies that day should have the vote count when absentee voters don't. There's an empirically correct answer, which I don't know, but it's not dictated by logic. Not worth arguing.
Yeah, if she wins NC by 4pts she’s winning the EC with something like 320+, and I just don’t see her sweeping the swing states.I want to believe. But honestly don't understand what your source of optimism is on this. If you're the type who just needs to project optimism, then all good. I just can't share it without some objective basis. I would be pleasantly surprised if Kamala wins NC at all, and absolutely shocked if it's by more than a razor-thin margin.
Likewise. Wtf?Also, my “Z” icon in the upper left corner is purple and gold. Did we get hacked by tigerdroppings?
Exit polls?Wonder if polls target people who have already voted?
IIRC, in the last week or so of the 2020 election, when early voting became a big thing, polls would break down RV, LV, and already voted (maybe as a subset of LV)Wonder if polls target people who have already voted?
My co-worker agrees with you and is convinced it will be a crushing defeat for Trump. I hope you guys are right. Wish I was as confident.
I would agree Kamala continues to do a great job on the trail and Trump continues to be a crazy man.
Well, that would be great but does this extreme optimism have any basis? I mean, Obama won NC by half a point, in a much better overall environment. And then Dems have lost every statewide federal office election. 4+ seems crazy to me.
Pretty much every single election in the history of the country (or at least its modern history) has been decided by people who don’t understand economics at all.Which doesn't necessarily mean much. It's true that the poll is likely to be biased the same way, but margin of error still applies.
The polls are tightening a bit. I don't know why. What about Trump's behavior the last two weeks is causing people to like him more?
It's mind-boggling that the election could be decided by a) people who don't understand economics at all and thus b) think the president controls the economy and c) forget that the economy wasn't actually particularly good under Trump.
If Kamala wins NC by 400 votes I might just run naked through the neighborhood waving an American flagJust give me Nc by 4,000 votes I will take my chances on the Blue Wall
True but not sure how meaningful that is. You could say the same about politics in general, racism, climate change, etc. More to the point, I'd be leery of a society that demanded an "educated" voter considering the state and dependability of the education system.Pretty much every single election in the history of the country (or at least its modern history) has been decided by people who don’t understand economics at all.
I wish I shared your confidence but I love that you have it.I’m more and more confident by the day (and I’m pessimistic by nature) I think she’s going to crush him.