I never want to get a notification when a poll I voted in ended. That has nothing to do with me so I don't understand why it shows up in my notifs. It feels like spam. Is there a way to disable this? #Notifications#Polls#Mastodon
IMO, the NEGATIVE Biden polls are because they call MAGA and or totally uninformed folks who dont know anything what Biden is doing. They just got that DO NOTHING CONGRESS vibe
IMO, many hang up because they know the election is ONLY DOWN to 3 (or 7 swing) States and if they are in a Swing State, they hang up too, polls are useless
Mastodon should allow uploading and posting images when creating polls so the poll can have a visual representation of what the poll is trying to survey.
Don't trust the #polls *gives a glimpse of the trend for a moment in time from few respondents... Read:
"Most pol journalists try to be fair & serve the public. But I want to say this, too: Some don’t.
“People in the know”: didn’t get anyone on the record but thought it was true, so they put the idea out there anyway. The “observers” might be anyone -lobbyists, colleagues, spouse... "Oppo": news outlet checks out the info. but doesn’t disclose where the tip came from-." https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/12-reasons-to-be-skeptical-about
Would you rather read the books or watch the TV series of whatever universe comes to mind? #polls
I've debated this with #Bridgerton for instance as I am now on the second book which I think is more historically accurate while from what I've seen of the show from clips it seems to be more of a fantasy from what is implemented. I like books because they allow me to picture everything the way I want to from the author's description.
#Polls this far out are meaningless. The dead-enders supporting #ThirdParty candidates still believe their "protest vote" will push the other candidates to reach out to them and their demands.
But as the election nears and those demands are clearly not being met, they abandon their support for candidates who clearly have no chance of winning.
The fact Biden trails in their poll reveals most of them are frustrated #Dems who will return to him. #RFK
What's one lesson that you learned from 2016 that you would like young people who are able to vote now but were too young to be engaged in 2016 to know?
I got out the vote in the past several elections before 2016. In 2016 I saw polls saying things like it was 98% certain Clinton would win. For the first time in years, I decided not to go help because of that.
That was a mistake.
Polls did actually used to be somewhat meaningful and predictive but that stopped being true sometime before 2016. I missed that change.
Introduction update. I’m interested in social history, including the history of popular music and movies. I post a lot of polls. If you don’t like music, movies or polls, you won’t like my posts. However, if these subjects interest you, please feel free to connect.
"[Polls] have been weaponized, cheapened, commoditized, and mass-produced to tell the American public what to believe . . . rather than reporting on what the American public actually believes.
Why does the media engage in such amoral and deceptive practices? To reinforce their editorial bias and increase sales."
What's your favourite webcomic? (in Spring 2024)
What great stuff are you reading right now?