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I didn't write the propaganda, I just posted it! Posting propaganda isn't against the rules, so luckily I can hide behind the mods for posting it.

And if you or anyone else is dumb enough to see "trump has a 51% chance of winning" and that somehow makes you not want to vote, damn, how many tries does it take you to put your shoes on the correct feet? Three?

I already voted, so don't attempt insinuate that I'm not voting. You do realize that most people do not vote, right? And that most people are indeed idiots when it comes to politics? It's those people that will not turn out when it's needed because they saw a pollster say their candidate was ahead.

We're in a country where a known racist conman was elected.

They sure didn't get 2016 right, which is what I referenced and what caused distrust. Just because they got 2020 right doesn't mean they'll get 2024 correct. It's meaningless and only serves to make people feel like they don't have to turn out. They definitely don't just "predict the future".

Also, I'm not sure if quoting the very pollsters that got 2016 wrong will make people trust them now. It's certainly not working for me.

No matter what Nate says and how many times you link his website, polls do not matter.

ETA: maybe, just maybe, you're being downvoted because you keep linking the same article from the same pollster to defend polling.

Again, even if he isn't an outright right winger, that's fine. I'm willing to back off on that. But polls do not matter, and in fact the only thing they seem to do is reduce turnout. I really don't care about Nate's thoughts, and never have since 2016. I think a lot of people stopped trusting polls and definitely stopped trusting him back then.

Nate Silver IS a right winger, though, so I don't believe anything on his site, and I especially don't believe him on this topic. Even if he wasn't outright a right winger, polls do not matter and are frequently incorrect for various reasons.

Plus, he's no longer affiliated with 538.

"I dIdN't VoTe fOr EiTher oF tHeM" is their usual response to something like this, even though they're fully aware that voting third party while we have the EC is just voting to spoil the better candidate of the two major parties.

Just fucking vote. Polls don't win elections. Plus, the majority of the most recent polls are backed by red wavers. I wouldn't put much stock into them regardless, but especially not the most recent ones.

Nope, the only bad party here is the one doing huge amounts of wage theft internationally. So much for your "socialist" ideals.

The Mormons are pros at theft indeed.

Sorry, should have worded that differently. I was referring to the layoffs.

It is true that some podcasts make money via other means, for sure. I didn't intend to say all podcasts, but many (most?) do have ads as the only way they make money. However, do you not want a Sponsorblock for others so you can have your cake and eat it too, just like you do now with adblockers? That's how you really give them the middle finger.