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« on: September 23, 2016, 02:13:56 PM »

I was robopolled by Gravis on the night of Sept. 19, so I wonder if it was for this poll even though the release says it was conducted on Sept. 20.
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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2016, 03:42:18 PM »

Not really.  If you (the hiring entity) hope for a result to be favorable for Republicans, why not hire a pollster with an R bias?  This is not to accuse Gravis of fudging their numbers -- I do not at all believe they are -- but results have shown that their results tend to bias R.  This is most likely due to their models and methodology.  Other pollsters have D biases, and someone hoping for a D-friendly result would be more likely to hire them; for example, Democracy Corps (I just posted something similar to this in the thread about their recent poll.)  Still other pollsters have little to no bias.

There's certainly a market for pollsters that are favorable to each side.  Pollsters like Gravis and Democracy Corps are just filling this niche in the free market. Wink
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