• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    it seems pretty well accepted that the polling was pretty unreliable in 2016.

    That’s true in the sense people believe it and “accept” it…

    But it’s not accurate in the respect that polls were/are unreliable.

    The margins that predicted a Clinton victory were smaller than margin of error.

    Everyone that knew anything about statistics kept trying to point that out, they just kept getting shouted down and accused of being a trump supporter.

    Literally the same that’s happening now with current polls.

    It’s just people ignoring what doesn’t agree with them, and then refusing to accept responsibility for ignoring all the warning signs.