The reason we shouldn’t trust poll numbers is because the outfits running them are often biased. The news is filled with citations from a recent poll by the Wall Street Journal, that bastion of impartiality. Turns out, they included 600 GOP primary voters in their sample, and it was run by an outfit called Fabrizio Lee. Tony Fabrizio worked with Paul Manafort in Ukraine to support the Russian-backed president there. We’re being punked. H/T Mueller, She Wrote.
@georgetakei I think the poll should be taken with a huge grain of salt, but I don't think it's because the pollster is biased. It's because the election is so far out, and because while voters may be worried about Biden's age or handling of the economy that doesn't mean they won't vote for him against Trump.
I think the problem is less the polls than how the media reports on them.
538's Pollster Ratings give Fabrizio Lee a "B/C" rating, for what it's worth.
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