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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBreitbart thought the polls were biased against Trump. So it did its own poll. Clinton won.
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Conservative outlet Breitbart News, which has earned a reputation as one of the most proDonald Trump sources in existence, has been dissatisfied with poll after poll that shows the Republican nominee losing to Hillary Clinton. So it commissioned its own poll only to find that Clinton is in fact beating Trump. By 5 points.
The Breitbart/Gravis poll published Sunday found Clinton leading Trump 42 to 37 percent in a four-way contest with Green Party candidate Jill Stein (3 percent) and Libertarian Gary Johnson (9 percent).
Theres been a lot of noise this summer over general election polling and whether to trust the numbers. Both Trump and Clinton received what many called an artificial bump after their conventions. But with the general election in full swing, polling has begun to settle into how it will likely look until Election Day.
Trump and his allies including Breitbarts editor in chief, Alex Marlow have attacked polls that put Clinton comfortably in the lead, attributing them to the medias pro-Clinton bias. Breitbarts interest is in unskewing polls with Clinton ahead.
"Its an open secret that polls are often manipulated and spun to create momentum for a particular candidate or issue," Marlow said in a statement. "Breitbart News Networks 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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Breitbart thought the polls were biased against Trump. So it did its own poll. Clinton won. (Original Post)
Stellar
Aug 2016
OP
Did they do their own polling in 2012 when (almost) all the polls said that Mitt would win.
Stellar
Aug 2016
#4
If Breitbart has her up by 5 then she is probably up by a good deal more than that. (eom)
StevieM
Aug 2016
#6
Andrew himself started spinning so fast, they pointed him down hoping to hit some oil.
BobbyDrake
Aug 2016
#7
StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)1. Oh that is rich!
Dimbart is a full-on troll site. And they got trolled by their own poll!!
I'm dying!!
Stellar
(5,644 posts)4. Did they do their own polling in 2012 when (almost) all the polls said that Mitt would win.
teehee...
tonedevil
(3,022 posts)2. This article is absolutely wrong...
I don't know what activity Breitbart News engaged in that produced this poll, but I can assure you thinking was never involved.
Curtland1015
(4,404 posts)3. THEIR poll that shows Clinton 5 points ahead is a LIE!
OUR poll that shows Clinton 5 points ahead is the TRUTH!
StevieM
(10,500 posts)6. If Breitbart has her up by 5 then she is probably up by a good deal more than that. (eom)
bmpbmp
(310 posts)5. "...without the mainstream media filter"
So, umm...would that indicate there actually is no filter?
That site is a magnet for morons. Morans, sorry.
st17011864200074656
(190 posts)8. Get a Brain
BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)7. Andrew himself started spinning so fast, they pointed him down hoping to hit some oil.
XenaAmazon
(37 posts)9. So now Breitbart is legitimized as an "outlet"?
It would more accurately be defined as an outhouse.
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)10. Crooked pollster.