Without evidence, the Republican vice presidential candidate tried to cast doubt on his opponent’s obvious momentum: “If you talk to insiders in the Kamala Harris campaign, they’re very worried about where they are”

You’ve heard Donald Trump cry “fakenews” too many times to count, and now his running mate is claiming — without evidence — that the media is using “fake polls” to show Vice President Kamala Harris is in the lead in the presidential race.

In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Sen. J.D. Vance alleged that “The media uses fake polls to drive down Republican turnout and to create dissension and conflict with Republican voters.”

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    this is telling you to not assume victory is assured

    Who looks at a 50/48 polling split and thinks victory is assured? That’s still within the margin of error and it doesn’t even include battleground swings.

    But if it was 60/40? Yeah, I’d feel pretty assured. You’d be a fool not to.

    If the polling is accurate, and a majority would vote for A, but A is so far ahead of B that A-voters sit out the race

    People keep talking about this like it ever actually happens? Name one candidate that lost an election because the polling was too favorable.