Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by atoav on Saturday November 07, 2020 @02:16PM (#25017839)

I grew up in a right wing province of Austria and saw that sort of wrong polling throughout my youth — which is why I wasn't surprised the slightest about things going as they did.

It boils down to: a fraction of the electorate will vote for $bigotcandidate but would never ever admit it to anyone outside the voting booth, because they know it is wrong. They will tell people they will vote for $notbigotcandidate, but vote for him nonetheless.

This fraction is not insignificant and you cannot easily represent it in polls without guessing the effect. In my home province it eas consistently around 10 to 15% over a decade.

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by js2 on Saturday November 07, 2020 @02:21PM (#25017935)

I don’t see how that explains the Collins/Gideon race, but I’m not a Mainer. Anyone here from Maine can chime in why a Mainer would lie about voting for Gideon?

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by fma on Saturday November 07, 2020 @09:31PM (#25022259)

My same question. OK you can be claim to be a "good Republican" and vote Biden but (R) down ballot. Why were Senate and House races also wrong? Why did Lindsey Graham win by so much when the polls didn't give him that lead? In South Carolina, it's ok to say you'll vote for Graham.

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by gkop on Saturday November 07, 2020 @02:46PM (#25018330)

Bigots turned out. And lean Collins.

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