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SFC Casey O'Mally
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I believe it likely has a lot to do with the way questions were asked. There are many MANY polls that are written to shape outcome or even shape opinion, with little true curiosity fr the truth of things.

I am not saying the poll was THIS dishonest, but, imagine a poll that posed the following question of teenagers:
Would you tell your parents about your homosexuality? A) Yes B) No.

No other options.

Then, when the results come back, the pollsters report that 87% of teenagers are scared to talk to their parents about their homosexuality.

The thought that a teen might not be gay and the inability to answer the question as such are irrelevant.

Without seeing the actual questions, as well as the methodology and demographic, almost ever poll in the world is meaningless. It tells you only what the pollsters (or the reporters) want it to tell you.

It is VERY telling, for me that, despite the numerous links to other articles, the poll itself was not linked. That tells me they have a lot to hide.

Ambiguity also plays a factor. "Did you cast a mail-in ballot in a state which you are no longer a permanent resident?". I can see MANY people being tripped up here. In the 2016 election, I was living in Tennessee, but a permanent resident of Michigan, despite not having lived there since 1997. I mailed a ballot from a post office in Kentucky. I can see MANY MANY people calling that act of MAILING the ballot "casting" their ballot. So they may think I CAST my Michigan ballot - that was counted in my permanent home state of Michigan - from Kentucky. And (falsely) answered yes.

Am I denying that there were illegal votes cast? Nope. Am I denying there were irregularities? Nope.

Am I denying that this article or the underlying poll provide any sort of proof of anything? Yep. Show me the ACTUALY data - what exact questions were asked, in what order, in what manner. What is the sample size and demographic? How were they chosen?
And what were the results of ALL the data, not just what you chose to report on?

If an article about a poll does not give me that data - either in the article or via link to the poll itself - then it is just noise.
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PO1 H Gene Lawrence
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The truth starts revealing itself.
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