Reuters Says That This Year's US Presidential Polls Should Be 'Trusted'

A combination picture shows U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaking during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate, held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo 


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whenever President Donald Trump is confronted with polls he does not like, especially the torrent of national data showing him trailing Democratic challenger Joe Biden in public support, the president’s response is usually the same: Fake news. 

If the polls were always right, his thinking goes, Hillary Clinton should be running for re-election, not him. The former Democratic presidential candidate consistently led Trump in state and national polls in 2016 before he won the White House, just like Biden does now. But opinion poll experts say there are good reasons to trust this year’s polls more than those of 2016. Here are a few of them. 

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WNU Editor: I am a great believer in polls. As long as they post the methodology that they use in making their polls, I am always comfortable in reading and analyzing them. But this year's election cycle has been different. Many pollsters are not posting their methodology, but are still predicting a massive election landslide for Joe Biden. In short. They are saying that we should trust them. LOL. I do not trust them. More so when I see the contrast in the turnout for Trump rallies and Biden/Harris rallies in the state of Arizona (see below) where pollsters are saying that President Trump is 17% points behind?!?!?!?

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