2016 Postmortem

NAO

(3,425 posts) Tue Sep 27, 2016, 03:12 PM Sep 2016

Trumpkins are skewing this online poll - let's DU it

This online poll has 70% saying Trump won last nights debate? WTF?

Here's the link:

http://2016politicalpolls.com/2016/09/27/live-poll-won-tonights-presidential-debate/

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Trumpkins are skewing this online poll - let's DU it (Original Post) NAO Sep 2016 OP

Because that might be possible indicates that the poll is worthless. MineralMan Sep 2016 #1

I agree. We should win on ideas, not subterfuge. LeftRant Sep 2016 #9

Done. Here's another: Laffy Kat Sep 2016 #2

They're skewing dozens of them. A futile and meaningless exercise. MANative Sep 2016 #3

Alt right skews the polls: trolling 70 online polls & adding 1.3 million skewed votes. misterhighwasted Sep 2016 #4

Go there, click Trump. Much easier to skew it into an alternative universe & totally discredit it. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2016 #5

Online polls meaningless. And waste of time... beachbumbob Sep 2016 #6

Oh how I long for the days when online polls only got "Freeped." budkin Sep 2016 #7

I thought on-line polls don't matter bigwillq Sep 2016 #8

4channers and Redditer fans of Trump are spamming them Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #10

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

1. Because that might be possible indicates that the poll is worthless.

Reply to NAO (Original post)

Tue Sep 27, 2016, 03:13 PM

Sep 2016

So, no thanks. Why do we bother with any of this crap?

Real polls will be coming out later in the week. Why not wait for polls that mean something?

LeftRant

(524 posts)

9. I agree. We should win on ideas, not subterfuge.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 27, 2016, 05:42 PM

Sep 2016

I also don't think anyone is swayed by these stupid website polls.

"OH MY GOD, HE WON SAYS RIGHTWING.COM! SCREW IT, HE GETS MY VOTE! DERP DERP"

Laffy Kat

(16,383 posts)

2. Done. Here's another:

Reply to NAO (Original post)

Tue Sep 27, 2016, 03:19 PM

Sep 2016

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/09/first_presidential_debate_of_2016_who_won_vote_in_our_poll.html

MANative

(4,112 posts)

3. They're skewing dozens of them. A futile and meaningless exercise.

Reply to NAO (Original post)

Tue Sep 27, 2016, 03:21 PM

Sep 2016

Most people know these are not real.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)

4. Alt right skews the polls: trolling 70 online polls & adding 1.3 million skewed votes.

Reply to NAO (Original post)

Tue Sep 27, 2016, 03:53 PM

Sep 2016

The polls are bullshite
http://www.salon.com/2016/09/27/pepes-post-debate-identity-crisis-4chan-ditches-donald-trump-after-his-presidential-debate-fiasco/

TUESDAY, SEP 27, 2016 12:41 PM CDT
Pepe’s post-debate identity crisis: Online alt-right turns on Donald Trump after his presidential debate fiasco

Despite finding Donald Trump’s performance unsatisfactory, 4chan and Reddit users reportedly banded together to manipulate an estimated 70 online polls to make it seem as if the Republican presidential nominee had won the first presidential debate at Hofstra University on Monday.
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