IronLionZion (17,122 posts)
...
Conservatives have been undercounted in polls lately. She could win. After Brexit and Trump, it appears many of them have been keeping it close to the vest in favor of surprise upsets.
Whoa! ILZ almost swerved into the truth of one of the shenanigans the MSM pulled during the 2016 US Presidential election. Various MSM outlets concocted their sample model for opinion polls, based on the 2012 turn-out. Could they not imagine, despite what was happening under the noses of reporters forced to leave the NYC-DC bubble, that voters would react to
The Shrew-CHILL and Trump differently than they did to Obama and Romney; nor that some Obama voters who turned out in 2012 might stay home when faced with the prospect of
The Shrew-CHILL; nor that some voters who stayed home when faced with the prospect of Romney might turn out for Trump?
Frankly, I do not think MSM folk are
THAT stupid. I think they knew
The Shrew-CHILL didn't play as well in some communities as did Obama. I think they knew Trump was playing much better among many in the R base than did Romney or McCain, And I think they knew how strong and deep
Shrew-CHILL loathing is among many Rs. All in all, I think MSM folk knew more or less from the outset that 2012-based poll sample models were highly dubious, but hoped to discourage likely Trump voters with a constant drumbeat of,
"Trump's losing ... Trump's losing ... Trump's losing ... Trump's losing ...". I'll give the MSM this much. I think they did fool many people ... supporters of
The Shrew-CHILL.