• FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    It depends on which source is posting them. Ideally they come from a representative sampling of the general population. In practice they’re skewed either because of how they field the survey (i.e. calling landlines) or the universe they poll (i.e. Fox News watchers)

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      7 hours ago

      There’s also push-polling. You have to look hard at the methodology and who’s pulling the strings.