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Media in Panic Mode over Latest Presidential Polls

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Media in Panic Mode over Latest Presidential Polls
By Brian C. Joondeph

CNN, in their dogged and unending quest to overturn the 2016 presidential election and drive President Trump from office, is in full-on campaign mode. Just as in the last presidential election cycle, opinion polls are a campaign staple of the media and the Democrat party. Polls are not being used as they should, to reflect public opinion, but instead to shape opinion, a form of political propaganda.

CNN commissioned a poll, the results of which were released last week, conducted by SSRS, “an independent research company.” A CNN poll doesn’t mean Brian Stelter and Jim Acosta, also known as dumb and dumber, were on a street corner asking passersby how much they hated the Orange Man.

When CNN reported the poll results, their headline put a ho-hum spin on the poll findings, “Biden tops Trump nationwide, but battlegrounds tilt Trump.” Townhall reported the poll more accurately, “New CNN poll shows Trump crushing Biden in swing states.”

How illustrative that the same poll with the same results was presented so differently, Trump “crushing” in one headline while in another headline results simply “tilt.” In fact, CNN buried the poll results on their homepage as they didn’t like the results. I can’t blame them as it doesn’t fit the CNN narrative.

Polls are designed to reflect the opinions of a group of people at a moment in time. A small sample of individuals are asked for their opinion regarding a particular issue and this small sample is hoped to be representative of the larger population. Otherwise the axiom of garbage in, garbage out applies.

The poll sample is important. Oversampling Democrats will skew the results in favor of the Democrat candidate. In this poll, “34 percent described themselves as Democrats, 26 percent described themselves as Republicans”, an 8-point difference. Imagine the results if those percentages were flipped, oversampling Republicans by 8 points.

The CNN poll also surveyed registered, not likely, voters. Since only slightly more than half of eligible voters actually voted in the 2016 presidential election, this, too, is not a representative sample of the electorate.

The CNN poll, with Democrat oversampling, showed voters nationally backing Biden over Trump by 51 to 46 percent, a five point difference, less than the 8 point difference in party affiliation. Theoretically, if the survey sample were equally balanced between Democrats and Republicans, Trump would come out ahead by 3 points. Which is perhaps why Democrats were oversampled.

Is a nationwide poll even relevant in a presidential election? Not really, because of the Electoral College. Instead there are 50 state elections taking place, not a national popular vote, much to the consternation of the political left.

Rather than a popular vote, the presidential election is decided by a handful of “battleground states” that tend to swing red or blue, depending on the electoral cycle. An opinion poll in New York or California is irrelevant as it’s a foregone conclusion that the Democrat will win those states. The margin doesn’t matter as the electoral votes will be the same.

In battleground states, Trump leads Biden by 52 to 45 percent, a 7-point margin. Add the 8-point difference in party affiliation of those polled and Trump’s lead could potentially be 15 percent. Is it any wonder CNN is not touting this news?

This poll has other interesting tidbits. The “economy, stupid” typically predicts the next president, as USA Today notes. The US economy is on life support these days with the Wuhan coronavirus causing a national economic shutdown. But as the Washington Post begrudgingly admits, “Americans have an increasingly dismal view of the economy, but they don’t blame Trump.” Really? Democrats and the media exclusively blame Trump.

A YouGov poll finds similar results, “One-third of Americans blame the Trump Administration for unemployment numbers.” A more honest headline would be that two thirds of Americans don’t blame Trump for the current economic mess.

In the CNN poll, Trump holds a 12-point lead over Biden when the survey asked, “Who they trusted most to handle the economy.” And that’s up from only a 4-point margin last month.

Sharpness and stamina also favor Trump by 49 to 46 percent. I suspect that margin is much higher, as Trump holds daily briefings, sparing with a hostile media for well over an hour while Biden can’t muddle through a fawning 5-minute interview from his basement with notes and a teleprompter, without losing his train of thought or saying something stupid.

Rasmussen, the most accurate pollster in the 2016 presidential election, offers another perspective. They survey likely voters, rather than simply registered or eligible voters. In their Daily Presidential Tracking Poll, President Trump, on May 15, had a 49 percent total approval rating, compared to 47 percent approval for President Obama exactly eight years ago.
 
I said this in a prior thread, but the Dems are hoping and praying for a significant second wave of the virus to hit. If it does, they'll probably take the House, Senate, and presidency. If the 2nd wave doesn't materialize, the market will likely have recovered back to the 27K range (where it was in January) and the Dems will get likely get hammered in November.
 
I said this in a prior thread, but the Dems are hoping and praying for a significant second wave of the virus to hit. If it does, they'll probably take the House, Senate, and presidency. If the 2nd wave doesn't materialize, the market will likely have recovered back to the 27K range (where it was in January) and the Dems will get likely get hammered in November.

Not sure I agree....as if Trump can stop COVID. The real equation will be does the pace of the economic recovery off-set any so called second wave when the first predicted wave never even materialized? Is Biden best to lead an economic recovery because that is what 2021 will be about. Only so much misleading of the public you can do and thought control. Even with minor second wave the public IMO is going to say screw another lockdown and let’s just protect the most vulnerable. There will be not be a huge second wave, there can be no such thing when the huge predicted first wave never happened.

The Dims are the ones wanting to use a second wave as an issue, we are seeing right now that in Dem controlled states the citizens want their jobs and individual freedoms back, they are losing on this issue politically right now. Hell, Elon Musk gave California the bird. You really think with people’s livelihoods on the line some media generated second wave is going to cause voters to elect in an economic decline unprecedented in US history? We need socialism, lockdowns, and behavior controls during low tax revenues?

Wait until Trump and the US can prove China seeded this virus internationally with their actions. You really think most of the public will want to forgive China and elect China Joe in to office?

You are drinking the Dim Koolaid.
 
Not sure I agree....as if Trump can stop COVID. The real equation will be does the pace of the economic recovery off-set any so called second wave when the first predicted wave never even materialized? Is Biden best to lead an economic recovery because that is what 2021 will be about. Only so much misleading of the public you can do and thought control. Even with minor second wave the public IMO is going to say screw another lockdown and let’s just protect the most vulnerable.

The Dims are the ones wanting to use a second wave as an issue, we are seeing right now that in Dem controlled states the citizens want their jobs and individual freedoms back, they are losing on this issue politically right now. Hell, Elon Musk have California the bird. You really think with people’s livelihoods on the line some media generated second wave is going to cause voters to elect in an economic decline unprecedented in US history? We need socialism, lockdowns, and behavior controls during low tax revenues?

Wait until Trump and the US can prove China seeded this virus internationally with their actions. You really think most of the public will want to forgive China and elect China Joe in to office?

You are drinking the Dim Koolaid.

I'm not sure you read my post as it was intended. I agree with almost everything you posted, and imo the only way for the Dems to be successful in November at this point is for their panic over a 'second wave' to actually materialize. I do disagree with one line in your post though: "Only so much misleading of the public you can do and thought control." As long as the national media is in bed with the liberals, you will see the continuing misleading of the public. Just look at the sudden coverage of this Kawasaki-disease like infection that's hitting kids. 5 total deaths nationally from it and just over 100 cases and its National news to dissuade those who were thinking that COVID only affects the elderly.
 
I'm not sure you read my post as it was intended. I agree with almost everything you posted, and imo the only way for the Dems to be successful in November at this point is for their panic over a 'second wave' to actually materialize. I do disagree with one line in your post though: "Only so much misleading of the public you can do and thought control." As long as the national media is in bed with the liberals, you will see the continuing misleading of the public. Just look at the sudden coverage of this Kawasaki-disease like infection that's hitting kids. 5 total deaths nationally from it and just over 100 cases and its National news to dissuade those who were thinking that COVID only affects the elderly.

We are seeing some Dems rebel against the shutdown

Another factor is how much damage does all of these investigations on Flynn, Mueller, Comey, Brennan, etc...blow up on Dims? Biden could have been involved in unmasking to impact a political election.
 
We are seeing some Dems rebel against the shutdown

Another factor is how much damage does all of these investigations on Flynn, Mueller, Comey, Brennan, etc...blow up on Dims? Biden could have been involved in unmasking to impact a political election.

Do you watch the evening news? As long as the media can push COVID, they aren't giving any airtime to the Flynn, Mueller, etc. stories.

I agree that you are seeing Dems start to rebel too. Hence my thought of a potential Red Wave if that second wave doesn't materialize.
 
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Do you watch the evening news? As long as the media can push COVID, they aren't giving any airtime to the Flynn, Mueller, etc. stories.

I agree that you are seeing Dems start to rebel too. Hence my thought of a potential Red Wave if that second wave doesn't materialize.

FOX has more viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined.
 
FOX has more viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined.

Yea, but none match the coverage of the nightly news. World News Tonight (with David Muir) has more viewers than all 3 combined. And I can tell you that the nuances of the Flynn story, and the other news about unmaskings, etc. are getting almost zero coverage there.
 
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Yea, but none match the coverage of the nightly news. World News Tonight (with David Muir) has more viewers than all 3 combined. And I can tell you that the nuances of the Flynn story, and the other news about unmaskings, etc. are getting almost zero coverage there.

If charges are filed they will have no choice but to cover it or be exposed as complete frauds. That will be the biggest political criminal story since Watergate, and it would be good for their ratings to cover “the news”.
 
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If charges are filed they will have no choice but to cover it or be exposed as complete frauds. That will be the biggest political criminal story since Watergate, and it would be good for their ratings to cover “the news”.

Yea, but will charges be filed? If they are filed in July or August, the media will happily report this as as simple political shenanigans going into the November election. At this point, I'd almost expect Barr to wait until after November to file any charges.
 
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Yea, but will charges be filed? If they are filed in July or August, the media will happily report this as as simple political shenanigans going into the November election. At this point, I'd almost expect Barr to wait until after November to file any charges.

Look at the glass as fully empty all day long, but no one is going to completely dominate the political story, you can find plenty of pro Rep media. Trump & team dominate twitter. FOX has a huge viewership. The polling story I just put up shows Trump gaining in battle ground states right in the middle of COVID.

There is so much that is going to play out before the election it is not even funny. To assume the die is cast based on what COVID does or does not do for me just does not add up. Even without a second wave, and great news in the fall and leading up to the election, there are no guarantees. I would never predict a complete sweep for the Reps over just what happens with a "second wave".

Plenty is going to happen between now and the election, and IMO the Reps have PLENTY to fire at the Dims, PLENTY.
 
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And now the question. Can OKSTATE1 succeed where Bearcat has failed miserably? Can OKSTATE1 get through to the left? OKSTATE1 has painted a clear, accurate and elementary picture.

Everything points to a Trump Electoral College land slide.

I'm eager to see if Blexit is for real. Some leftists tell me not to worry. The brothers are stupid as ever.
 
Even non politically engaged people are noticing

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Honest question? What's your fascination with the Vaper? This pic come from something related to Trump? A rally maybe? Just curious if there is some actual linkage or if you are just too stupid to realize this isn't a MAGA picture.
 
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