7 reasons pollsters deliberately lie to us

[Counselor706]

Why would almost every American pollster whore out their credibility by deliberately rigging polls while knowing they will be exposed as cheats on Election Day?

To normal people, this makes no sense. Our credibility means something to us. The very idea of releasing a fake poll that will be proven fake as soon as the votes are counted is so outside our value system, it creates a blind spot. We simply cannot conceive of anyone doing such a thing because we cannot conceive of ourselves doing such a thing.

So why? Why do this? Let me see if I can help make sense of this in the order of importance…

Link for the list

 

[Dingobaby]

Did you hear that Biden will probably win the election?

 

[islandman]

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Summary: Republican voters are weak-minded and easily influenced by polling data that presumably they know to be untrue, yet remain susceptible to its influence.

Got it.

 

[StrictMiss]

Nobody is forcing you to listen to pollsters.

I believe they predicted a Biden win this time. Where is the lie?

Psst... Mexico isn't paying for the wall. Covid-19 isn't going away in the Spring. There won't be a vaccine by election day.

 

[StrictMiss]

Summary: Republican voters are weak-minded and easily influenced by polling data that presumably they know to be untrue, yet remain susceptible to its influence.

Got it.

Got it.

 

[MartinHeidegger]

Link for the list

Your desperation is palpable, shithead.

 

[phrodeau]

Well, that explains Rasmussen.