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[–] Dupree878 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Polling relies on people answering the phone or mail so you largely get responses from uneducated and out of touch people

[–] veganpizza69 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

And good researchers know how to control for that.

edit: typo

[–] Dupree878 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There’s no control when there’s no way to verify the accuracy of what people are telling you. You can’t verify their income, race, age, social status, truthfulness of answers (a recent problem was people not admitting they were Trump fans in 2016).

[–] veganpizza69 1 points 2 months ago

I didn't say that it was easy.