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[election / polling] A lot of people are saying the polls are too close, there are too many issues with them, don't trust the polls. And so they're falling back on gut instinct, e.g. "no one who says the sorts of things Trump has said in the last month could win". And I agree that that *ought* […]
Nov 1, 2024, 6:15 PM
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