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ShazzieB

(21,426 posts)
32. I have an alternate suggestion.
Fri Aug 23, 2024, 02:31 PM
Aug 2024

If you're not interested in posts about polls, national or otherwise, don't read them. Ignore them, skip right over them. If they really bug you, trash those posts so you don't have to see them on your screen again. Easy peasy.

Some of us here are interested in these polls. (If you need evidence, this one has 133 recs at the moment - probably more by the time I post this.) I think most of us know better than to take polls as absolute gospel truth, but they are still relevant and interesting, as an indication of general trends.

If you're concerned that positive polls might make us overconfident, I really don't think that's going to happen. We all lived through the 2016 election, and we all know what happened then. I would bet anything that nobody here at DU is going to cut back on donations or working to GOTV, much less (dog forbid) not bother to vote, just because the polls are positive.

most of us can't freaking WAIT to vote! If positive polls lift our spirits and put a little extra spring in our step, we'll probably do a better job, if anything. Especially not the latter, because most of us can't freaking WAIT to vote!

So please, let the rest of us enjoy this news. I think we're entitled to it, after all the misery we've been through since the Orange Hellbeast came riding down that escalator. After the DNC convention, I feel better about the direction things are going in than I have in years. I feel optimistic, I felt energized, I feel joyful. I know I'm not the only one, so please, don't rain 🌧 on our parade!

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Never heard of them. Fiendish Thingy Aug 2024 #1
They're a pretty well-respected pollster. Ranked number 32 on 538, for what it's worth. RedSpartan Aug 2024 #11
FDU is my alma mater Jersey Devil Aug 2024 #14
You would have heard of them UnderThisLaw Aug 2024 #31
Now lamestream, I double dare you to quote this poll. GreenWave Aug 2024 #2
So that's 3 legit polls yesterday Johnny2X2X Aug 2024 #3
There is no need to post national polls. Jacson6 Aug 2024 #4
National polls are important and tell a clear trend in the race right now Johnny2X2X Aug 2024 #7
Also I think with enough of a national lead you inevitably ColinC Aug 2024 #13
Can you please... DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2024 #16
Sometimes hard to make people understand Mountainguy Aug 2024 #18
The averages from 538 and RCP are behind the curve and not accurate. lees1975 Aug 2024 #19
RCP is a joke Johnny2X2X Aug 2024 #24
National polls are very helpful to understand the general feelings of voters. ColinC Aug 2024 #12
yes, there is obamanut2012 Aug 2024 #20
I have an alternate suggestion. ShazzieB Aug 2024 #32
Good now let's see her start filling that undecided gap. I wanna see her over 60!!! ColinC Aug 2024 #5
Any thinking human being should not vote for trump. Swede Aug 2024 #6
I am shaking in my boots kansasobama Aug 2024 #8
Sarcasm? Johnny2X2X Aug 2024 #9
Uh, the poster was being sarcastic. NoRethugFriends Aug 2024 #10
Yes, just being sarcastic kansasobama Aug 2024 #21
I sense a landslide coming in November. Emile Aug 2024 #15
I'd just feel better if she is +7-8 on 2 months Norbert Aug 2024 #23
I do, too Deminpenn Aug 2024 #28
Yes Emile... democratsruletheday Aug 2024 #30
Note that this poll was pre-convention, conducted between August 17 and August 20 Jersey Devil Aug 2024 #17
That's nice, but I've never, ever heard of Fairleigh Dickinson in over 50 years of voting. elocs Aug 2024 #22
It's a very respected poll Johnny2X2X Aug 2024 #26
Not surprising peggysue2 Aug 2024 #25
I'm finding I care less and less about the reliability of polls the more I get to know them Lulu KC Aug 2024 #27
47 to 48 in voters not "primed" to think about candidate race or gender. pat_k Aug 2024 #29
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