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Monday, August 26 - NPR https://www.opb.org/article/2024/08/26/harris-momentum-continues-as-she-ties-with-trump-in-these-swing-states/ Wednesday, August 28 - Newsweek citing Fox News poll https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-surges-battleground-states-fox-news-polling-1945872 Thursday, August 29 - Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/08/29/trump-vs-harris-2024-polls-harris-takes-first-ever-lead-in-wsj-poll/ Just a few...there are more. |
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No, Silver said Oz was slightly favored, based on an average of many polls, all but one of which far underestimated Fetterman's result. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/senate/pennsylvania/ People don't understand basic statistics. Reading the minds of millions of people is not an exact science. |
Part of why people expected Fetterman to lose as part of the “red wave” that didn’t happen is that in the last weeks before the election there were a ton of junky Republican-sponsored polls thrown onto the pile that drowned out the quality polls that were a bit older so the recent junk was given much more weight than it should have had in forecasts and polling compilations like Cook, 538 and RCP (RCP thought the current senate would be 53 R-47 D - it’s not.) I expect this to happen again. |
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And that is the best poll for Trump in Michigan. That is literally the only poll in the last 3 weeks that shows Trump positive in Michigan https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/michigan/ Other polls from the same period (roughly AUgust 23-26) Morning Consult (Bloomberg) Harris +2 or +3 ActiVote Even Emerson College (The Hill) Harris +4 Older polls (August 19-22) TIPP Insights (American Greatness) Harris +2 Fabrizio Ward (Pinpoint Policy Institute) Harris +1 Older polls (August 6-16) Focaldata Harris +6 to +8 |
I wonder why he only focused on that one poll. |
I WONDER!!! *goes to profile, sees guy bragging about Trump reposting him on Truth Social* |
The explanation for this is that they’re factoring in a post convention bounce. If she continues her momentum and doesn’t lose the post convention bounce, her chances will improve in next week or two. |
Political Analyst. Augustana College Alum. Reposted by Trump on Truth Social (2). (He's a political analyst in his mind only.) |