The Young Turks did a really dumb segment suggesting that CNN had maliciously skewed a poll to downplay Bernie and boost Biden. This led to Nate Silver rightfully skewering them. As a past target of Nate’s sassy trolling, it pains me to say this, but I stand with Nate
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Dem primary contest (where the two top candidates have a clear contrast in terms of support among age groups)...you can’t have 60-70% of those polled be 50+ and simultaneously say it’s an accurate poll
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At the VERY least, the pollsters should have it very clear, up front that the poll skews older (just like networks and papers should have made clear in 2016 superdelegates are separate from pledged delegates when lumping them together on screen)
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They adjust the sample to account for the proportional underrepresentation of young voters. So younger voters are accurately accounted for in the methodology of the poll. Every other poll also showed Biden getting a significant boost after he announced. This is really silly..
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To juice up establishment brands like HRC, Biden, etc. you poll registered voters rather than likely voters. Easy way to gin up their
#s. RV vs. LV in RCP.
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