Could some of the polls coming out be deliberately skewed to Rs so that when the Dem wins they can

[theophilus]

squawk "fraud"? Crazy notion amiright? Would some pollsters do such a thing? Could they be as crooked as judges, senators, representatives, presidents, pillow guys etc?

[tritsofme]

1. No, the entire polling industry is not engaged in a massive conspiracy theory.

Easy answers to easy questions!

[live love laugh]

2. "Some" -- not all -- is the question.

Anything is possible.

[4Q2u2]

3. Skewed Yes

But not for Fraud reasons. It is to dishearten Dems and embolden Pukes so that their party will win the election.

[brooklynite]

6. Proof?

[ColinC]

4. There is probably no conspiracy

But part of the reason polls may turn out to be so wrong this election is the same reason they were so wrong in 2016: they are sampling for a unique event based on entirely different electoral environments.

[brooklynite]

5. Name a polling company you believe would ruin its reputation by doing so.

[Cosmocat]

7. By and large polling is still fairly accurate

given it is polling ...

But, our society is far more complex now than even 20 years ago, and there just has to be a wider margin for error now than before.

[Demsrule86]

8. No. They just are treating this as a typical midterm and it is not.

[GreenWave]

9. Polling may not be so accurate.

Do they call land phones disproportionately?
What about people who do not answer unless ID?