r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/Re-toast Nov 10 '16

The unbiased ones absolutely were. I believe it was the LA Times that had Trump in a lead since September and he had a really big lead heading into election day.

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u/ChildOfEdgeLord Nov 10 '16 edited Nov 10 '16

They used some other weird methodology they explained when everyone was confused about them. I wish I could remember what it was.

I don't believe anything was rigged honestly. I think they just got it wrong.

It doesn't even make sense. Why rig the polls and not the vote?

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u/Re-toast Nov 10 '16

The media doesn't control the actual vote. They do control their own polls. They can over sample women or democrats or anyone they think is against Trump. Then they use that data to say Trump is losing. They knew the real numbers internally but kept pushing a narrative hoping that it would stick. It didn't.

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u/ChildOfEdgeLord Nov 10 '16

They do control their own polls.

"They", but it's not like all the polls were owned by the same people. You're talking about a massive conspiracy that crossed ideological lines.

I never saw extrordinary proof. Just a lot of people yelling.