Coming February 6, 2024 . . .
MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Coming February 6, 2024 . . . MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Pre-order at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
By Steven Shepard @ Politico.com, May 4
[....] According to a much-anticipated new report Thursday from the American Association for Public Opinion Research, the national polling was “generally correct and accurate by historical standards,” but some state polls, especially in the Upper Midwest, underestimated Trump’s standing — all leading to his surprising victory in last year’s presidential race.
“While the general public reaction was that ‘the polls failed,’ we found the reality to be more complex — a position held by a number of industry experts,” the report concludes. “Some polls, indeed, had large, problematic errors, but many polls did not.” [....]
Comments
BTW, takeaway #2 is: The Comey letter probably didn't tip the election to Trump.
by artappraiser on Fri, 05/05/2017 - 1:51am
Yeah yeah, I must have been imagining shit. Especially with all the merged polls bolstering each others' work (and doubling up the unmentioned assumption fuckups as Nate Silver noted to silence) and all the big papers shouting out the effect of the letter the last week and how this "scandal" would drag through any Clinton presidency as confirmation of fears. (Yes, the "confirmation" on Obamacare hikes at the same time didn't help). Fuck the lot of them - only Hillary makes mistakes, everyone else's turds are glistening blue titanium.
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/05/2017 - 3:14am
BTW, Chaffetz punked the press by illegally leaking Comey's info with false spin. Where's his jail time?
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/05/2017 - 3:21am