Fewer than 1% of homeowners put political signs in their yards because it's no one else's business as to how they vote. That's why media reports about election "polls" are so whacked. The sample size of willing participants is tiny. And usually wrong. Do pollsters get paid or are they producing these elaborate pranks for free? Modern polling is terribly flawed and only advances lazy journalism. A media outlet will only post or broadcast poll results if (a) they have space to fill, (b) there is a shocking change from previous polling, or (c) a media person with the authority to choose whether a "story" merits publication is happily amplifying their own bias. With Kentucky's election just a few weeks away,
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Tuesday night fights or Monday night mayhem? Your call, thugs
Hillary Clinton was going to win in a landslide with 93% certainty.Ignore the polls.— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) November 3, 2018 Since it might be rainy on Election Day, should the losers move their rioting to one day earlier? #trickortreat pic.twitter.com/isH5Kcwrfr— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) November 3, 2018