Re:One pollster’s explanation for why the polls got it wrong
by jeffbee on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @09:15PM
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None of those statements is consistent with the Pew Research data on partisan identification among the electorate. E.g. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v58Nt6SW832ZUq7xLI6N... for 2019 demographic breakdowns.
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Re:One pollster’s explanation for why the polls got it wrong
by Retric on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @09:55PM
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Partisan identification is very different from voting. That has 29% of the population Republican and 34% independent which is wildly outside how people actually vote.
A large slice of voters self identify as independent, but their voting habits don’t match that self identification. It’s that classic independent streak myth so popular among Americans.