Quote (Pollster @ Oct 19 2016 03:32pm)
Who said Trump's rating is "actually accurate but Clinton's isn't?" That's... not even remotely what's being argued. We can't pretend that a -9% favorability rating (Clinton) and a -32% favorability rating (Trump) are the same thing. They aren't the same thing, even if they're both real. Clinton's is in line with our climate, Trump's is not.
I was referring to this statement, where you say Clinton's 2nd place record low likability doesn't count for some reason, while Trump's does.
Quote (Pollster @ Oct 19 2016 02:30pm)
Simply saying "candidate x is the most disliked candidate in recent history" doesn't mean anything on its own (outside of Trump, who really is setting a historic low).
Clinton's just is not in line with our "climate" at all. She's disliked because people dislike her specifically. It doesn't take a genius to see that even anecdotally.
Quote (Pollster @ Oct 19 2016 03:32pm)
The people you listed aren't major party nominees. Their name rec. isn't compatible, nothing about them is compatible.
How on Earth does Bernie Sanders not apply here? He nearly beat Clinton in the primary. His name recognition is enormous. You know likability would not have dropped to anywhere near Clinton's if he was the nominee, if at all.
Quote (majorblood @ Oct 19 2016 06:32pm)
democrats are being over sampled by a ridiculous amount for polls
But the poll was a poll of who specific political party members support wasn't it? What does the sampling size matter? I'm assuming they either didn't include combined numbers of all parties, or if they did that they adjusted the numbers to the actual number of people in each party in the state using the ratios for each party.
If they were to actually sample Democrats disproportionately to the population and release combined numbers without adjusting them, it'd be an enormous scandal and they'd lose credibility forever.
Quote (excellence @ Oct 19 2016 06:49pm)
"Big guys" means corporations, I assume. The politicians rig the system for the corporations and rich elite. Doesn't really sound like she meant the elections are rigged.
This post was edited by Voyaging on Oct 19 2016 09:58pm