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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:34 AM Aug 2016

Clinton Leads In Breitbart Poll Conducted As Rebuke To MSM Surveys

Source: Talking Points Memo

Aiming to address a recent slew of “mainstream media” polls showing Hillary Clinton holding a decisive lead over of Donald Trump, Breitbart News conducted its own survey. But the conservative news site came up with similar results.

In a poll out Sunday from Breitbart and Gravis Marketing, Clinton led a four-way contest with 42 percent of the vote to Trump’s 37 percent. Libertarian Gary Johnson earned 9 percent of the vote, while the Green Party’s Jill Stein received 3 percent.

Breitbart editor-in-chief Alex Marlow explained in a statement accompanying the survey that the site would launch its own series of polls to provide “an accurate assessment” of the 2016 race.

“It’s an open secret that polls are often manipulated and spun to create momentum for a particular candidate or issue,” Marlow said. “Breitbart News Network’s first national poll marks the start of a major initiative to give our readers an accurate assessment on where the American people stand on the key topics and people of the day — without the mainstream media filter.”

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/clinton-leads-trump-breitbart-poll

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LonePirate

(13,424 posts)
2. This is the funniest story of the day. I wonder what HRC's lead was before they massaged the numbers
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:41 AM
Aug 2016

I bet she was leading closer to 10 points than by 5 points in the original numbers.

eppur_se_muova

(36,266 posts)
3. "It's an open secret" = we'd do it if we could & we believe everyone else is as dishonest as we are.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:42 AM
Aug 2016

Marlow's statement reveals a different message than was no doubt intended.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
4. I'm sure they read Demography For Dummies before they put their poll in the field
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:46 AM
Aug 2016

And I'm sure it was a push poll with an MOE of +/- 15.

And I really, really hope they paid a fortune for this poll.

progressoid

(49,991 posts)
9. Sadly, Rasmussen/Fox aren't considered part of their team anymore.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 12:03 PM
Aug 2016

Apparently, they are too mainstream or some such shit.

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
10. Yes, Fox is now "establishment" since their polls keep showing him LOSING!
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 01:21 PM
Aug 2016

Pretty soon they're gonna run out of people to dismiss

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