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Democratic Primaries

muriel_volestrangler

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3. Exactly. County-level polls are meaningless. It's the swing states that count.

Reply to DownriverDem (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 02:40 PM

Mar 2020

So the 8 point lead in "battleground states" is heartening, but probably meaningless - because this was a nationwide poll with only about 1,000 registered voters. So the margin of error in "battleground states" - which they don't list - will be huge. And the "swing counties" that are in battleground states will have such a large margin of error that it's laughable.

I wonder if the pollsters are happy with the attempt to use their data in this way, or if they're just laughing all the way to the bank without concern.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Fox News Poll Shows Joe Biden CRUSHING Trump By 25 Points in Swing Counties [View all] Galraedia Mar 2020 OP

Approval ratings do not necessarily translate to votes still_one Mar 2020 #1

What good are these polls when DownriverDem Mar 2020 #2

Exactly. County-level polls are meaningless. It's the swing states that count. muriel_volestrangler Mar 2020 #3

Polls like this do have some value (as always assuming they are accurate) BidenBacker Mar 2020 #4