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Pablonius Monk

We pay way too much attention to the polls.

How Texas pollsters get their job done when everyone is screening their calls

“Pollsters are not predictors, they're not looking into a crystal ball.” Pollsters are “just giving us a sense of what the snapshot of the electorate looks like at that moment based upon the factors that they have determined are relevant to their poll.”

kut.org/politics/2024-10-14/te

KUT · How Texas pollsters get their job done when everyone is screening their callsBy Blaise Gainey

@pabloniusmonk "Bored extroverts who answer strangers' calls are split X to Y over..."

We need new infrastructure both private and public because things just don't work the same anymore.