WHat is this poll CNN is pushing that shows Virginia governor race a dead heat?

[triron]

I saw it on Cuomo's show.

[JohnSJ]

1. Fuck the polls. It is all about turnout.

[brooklynite]

2. Define "pushing"...

Does that mean, reporting something factual?

Virginia Governor Race Tied With Two Weeks Left, Poll Says

The race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin for governor of Virginia has narrowed to a tie just two weeks ahead of Election Day, according to a new poll.

A Monmounth University survey released Wednesday showed both candidates with 46% support as Youngkin, the former co-CEO of the Carlyle Group Inc., has cut into McAuliffe’s once-sizable lead by drawing away independent voters and women.

Independent voters have flipped their support from McAuliffe to Youngkin, with 48% now supporting the Republican and 39% the Democrat. A month ago the advantage was reversed, 37% to 46%.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-20/poll-shows-tie-in-virginia-governor-race-with-two-weeks-left

[JohnSJ]

4. Polls are what they are, but that also doesn't mean they are accurate

polling in general has had a difficult time, and some of that is due to declining participation rates
Some of that is because of all the spoofing and spam calls that occur

Just a note about Monmouth as an example, Monmouth showed a narrowing race in the 2017 last governor’s race with their final poll showing Northampton ahead by a single point. The actual election result was Northampton winning by 9 points.

It is all about turnout

[brooklynite]

6. Monmouth is "A" rated by 538...

...and polling in aggregate has shown this is a close race.

What I've never understood is why people here seem to disregard polling only when it proposes bad news....

[JohnSJ]

7. So. Polls have said it was a close race for sometime, but the only poll that matter is the actual

one on Election Day

[brooklynite]

8. "I'll take cliche's for $100....."

[JohnSJ]

9. Lol

[Hoyt]

3. Polls do look close, so GOTV.

[JohnSJ]

5. Yes, but they have been close all along, and like you are saying Hoyt it is all about getting the

vote out

[left-of-center2012]

10. It has been close for weeks

Been a lot of threads here about it