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Question: Do you believe Overtime Politics is a real pollster?
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« on: February 14, 2016, 11:44:53 AM »

No. All evidence points against it.
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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2016, 11:45:28 AM »

Here at Atlas, I believe we operate a solid policy on this. Overtime Politics is a junk pollster until proven not a junk pollster.
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« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2016, 11:45:55 AM »

For the record, I do think the numbers are real, I just think they're complete trash.
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« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2016, 11:46:23 AM »

Here at Atlas, I believe we operate a solid policy on this. Overtime Politics is a junk pollster until proven not a junk pollster.

This should operate for all pollsters. Also, the subsequent thing Smith said.
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« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2016, 11:52:26 AM »

I do think they actually conduct polls. But since they don't control/weight demographics, their accuracy varies.
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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2016, 04:15:00 PM »

it seems to be real, that doesn't mean it has to be good, or even decent
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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2016, 04:16:13 PM »

it seems to be real, that doesn't mean it has to be good, or even decent

Essentially this.
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« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2016, 04:34:10 PM »

At best it is an anonymous amateur dabbling in polling as a hobby and using dubious methodology.  But it is still possible it is all just BS. There is no way to tell. In either case, it is clearly not a 'real pollster' in terms of a recognized polling company (good or bad). No media outlets or polling aggregators pay any attention to these blog posts. Even Reddit rejects them from being posted, including the /sandersforpresident group.   I see no reason why The Atlas should be the only place that embraces them.  

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