MicroWaveNov 6, 2023

Trump heads to the witness stand as new polls show him leaping past Biden in key swing states

https://lemmy.world/post/7860111

Trump heads to the witness stand as new polls show him leaping past Biden in key swing states - Lemmy.World

A year away from Election Day 2024, former President Donald Trump is set to testify in a civil fraud trial and separately faces more than 90 criminal charges, setting up the possibility that a convicted felon tops the Republican ticket next November. But it’s President Joe Biden’s political prospects that are plunging. In another extraordinary twist to a 2024 campaign season that is more notable for court hearings than treks through early voting states, Trump is expected to be called to the witness stand in New York on Monday. This is hardly typical activity during a post-presidency. But Trump was, after all, the most unconventional president.

Show threadrustyfishNov 6, 2023
You guys give a hoot about polls since 2016?
Show threadViking_HippieNov 6, 2023

Still talking about the Hillary polls?

The polls correctly predicted a high likelihood of her winning the popular vote. It’s not the fault of the polls that the actual decider is an anti-democratic and unpollable system that disproportionately favors empty land over people.

Show threadkaty ✨
so you agree the polls were wrong and inaccurate
Nov 6, 2023 at 10:07amWeb
Show threadViking_HippieNov 6, 2023

No. They correctly and accurately measured likelihood of winning the popular vote.

That people misinterpret them doesn’t make the polls wrong, it makes the people misinterpreting them wrong.

Show threadKneeTittsNov 6, 2023

so you agree the polls were wrong and inaccurate

Its a lot easier to be wrong when you cant factor in things like cheating… you might want to take note that trump has been indicted for cheating in 2016 by Bragg, thats not something polls could have known or could have factored in. And the hush money case is just one we know about, I assume he and the repug cheated on all sorts of levels to get trump in, again none of those factors can be predicted accurately.