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Stellar

(5,644 posts)
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:19 PM Aug 2016

Breitbart thought the polls were biased against Trump. So it did its own poll. Clinton won.

More: VOX

Conservative outlet Breitbart News, which has earned a reputation as one of the most pro–Donald 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).

There’s 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 Breitbart’s editor in chief, Alex Marlow — have attacked polls that put Clinton comfortably in the lead, attributing them to the media’s pro-Clinton bias. Breitbart’s interest is in unskewing polls with Clinton ahead.

"It’s 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 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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Breitbart thought the polls were biased against Trump. So it did its own poll. Clinton won. (Original Post) Stellar Aug 2016 OP
Oh that is rich! StrictlyRockers Aug 2016 #1
Did they do their own polling in 2012 when (almost) all the polls said that Mitt would win. Stellar Aug 2016 #4
This article is absolutely wrong... tonedevil Aug 2016 #2
THEIR poll that shows Clinton 5 points ahead is a LIE! Curtland1015 Aug 2016 #3
If Breitbart has her up by 5 then she is probably up by a good deal more than that. (eom) StevieM Aug 2016 #6
"...without the mainstream media filter" bmpbmp Aug 2016 #5
Get a Brain st17011864200074656 Aug 2016 #8
Andrew himself started spinning so fast, they pointed him down hoping to hit some oil. BobbyDrake Aug 2016 #7
So now Breitbart is legitimized as an "outlet"? XenaAmazon Aug 2016 #9
Crooked pollster. politicaljunkie41910 Aug 2016 #10
 

tonedevil

(3,022 posts)
2. This article is absolutely wrong...
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:24 PM
Aug 2016

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!
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:29 PM
Aug 2016

OUR poll that shows Clinton 5 points ahead is the TRUTH!

bmpbmp

(310 posts)
5. "...without the mainstream media filter"
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:52 PM
Aug 2016

So, umm...would that indicate there actually is no filter?

That site is a magnet for morons. Morans, sorry.

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