• KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Yes, that’s right. Basically you can’t rely on polls this far from the election.

    The question says “if the election were held today, who would you vote for”. But the election isn’t today, and the person answering the question knows that. So you see more people answer with third party candidates then would actually vote that way.

    Not only that, but candidates’ GOTV efforts do not happen until the election is approaching soon. That’s what actually wins elections, not polls from 6 months before.