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Some places put more weight on some polls over

Posted on: October 25, 2016 at 09:33:26 CT

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others based on who they sample. Likely voters vs. registered voters, etc. You should read 538's methodology.

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The latest electoral map... - JeffB MU

- 10/25 09:02:59

The problem is you have Penn flipped. Trump hasn't - tigerman81 MU - 10/25 10:56:40

Any idiot can make their own electoral map - MrBlueSky MU - 10/25 09:22:00

Yes, like Real Muddied Politics and the ones - Diamond Dave MU

- 10/25 09:22:55

RCP cherry picks polls alot! For example including - tigerman81 MU - 10/25 10:58:09

They at least use all the data available. Not just cherry - MrBlueSky MU - 10/25 09:24:35

I'm not sure that's accurate - Sal KC - 10/25 09:27:33

Some places put more weight on some polls over - MrBlueSky MU - 10/25 09:33:26

538 is far more reliable. - mizzou alum 93 MU - 10/25 09:33:17

Funny, but I've never been contacted to do a poll - Diamond Dave MU

- 10/25 09:35:31

I've been contacted before - DC Jayhawk KU - 10/25 09:48:47

'They're not slanted like people think.' Then why the Democr - JeffB MU

- 10/25 10:44:37

i'm pretty sure you're referring to Podesta - DC Jayhawk KU - 10/25 12:01:33

and they are just as likely to be slanted towards the - mizzou alum 93 MU - 10/25 09:51:23

indeed. - DC Jayhawk KU - 10/25 09:59:45

Not slanted? Good luck convincing these schmucks that (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 10/25 09:50:44

I'll likely hear - DC Jayhawk KU - 10/25 09:56:12

Right. If you look at sources compiled by actual - MrBlueSky MU - 10/25 09:57:59

neither have I. - mizzou alum 93 MU - 10/25 09:37:04

I am still deciding who gets my vote and it's certainly not - Diamond Dave MU

- 10/25 09:42:03

Take off the foil hat (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 10/25 09:36:24

I'm not a conspiracy guy. It's just common sense - Diamond Dave MU

- 10/25 09:38:26

Beat me to it (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 10/25 09:34:34

Meh. The data is skewed. No one has a fvcking clue - Diamond Dave MU

- 10/25 09:26:28

Was the data skewed in 2008 and 2012? The same outlets - MrBlueSky MU - 10/25 09:27:39

Irrelevant, but if you really want Cankles - Diamond Dave MU

- 10/25 09:33:58

How does the president directly impact your daily life? (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 10/25 09:34:24

Oh for me it's simply a matter of not wanting to see her - Diamond Dave MU

- 10/25 09:37:29

The president has a massive impact upon our society, and - JeffB MU

- 10/25 09:36:48

There was most certainly voting fraud in 2008 & 2012. - JeffB MU

- 10/25 09:30:29

To be fair, I saw those numbers, but they were dense urban - TigerMatt MU

- 10/25 09:39:25

Jesus dude (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 10/25 09:30:54

PA to Trump? - DC Jayhawk KU - 10/25 09:19:14

It's not. He's trying really hard (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 10/25 09:20:57

RE: The latest electoral map... - mizzou alum 93 MU - 10/25 09:07:35

Gotta love that confidence(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 10/25 09:06:37

and conference. SEC! ! ! (nm) - JeffB MU

- 10/25 09:09:54