whiterock said:
sombear said:
whiterock said:
sombear said:
whiterock said:
"margin of fraud"
I have mentioned that several times before. GOP consultants know they have to be 3-points ahead to ensure fraud isn't a factor.
I've been involved with campaigns since the early 90s, and I've ever heard a serious consultant or pollster say that until Cahaly.
I've posted more times than I can count that Trump's pollsters pretty much had it right in 2016 and 2020, except in 2016 they thought they would lose a close race. In 2016, Trump's pollsters had him losing FL, MI, and WI. I don't recall MI.
I'm not going to drop names here, but the guys I'm talking about are on retainer for several current and former statewide electeds….
Do they manipulate their polls to reflect that?
Nope. They just note the obvious fact that Dems can pull a percentage point out of the hat, if need be, so plan to win by 3 or more to make the fraud immaterial.
Ok, then I misinterpreted your original post. Obviously I've heard GOP politicos complain about Dem cheating.
My point was that, on the polling side, if they really believed it, they would bake it into their polling data. But they don't do that. And GOP pollsters historically have been very accurate. So, I don't see how they can have it both ways.
Again, for example, Trump's internal polls have been crazy accurate and, in fact, under-weighted Trump in 2016 and 2020. They also were accurate on the 2018 mid-terms. So, if they truly believe in mass fraud that equaled a 3% variation, then their own polls were way off.