Well, That And Polls Just Suck

I don’t post good polls.

I don’t post bad polls.

That’s because the polling industry today is garbage.

Polls are media-created “news” to generate content and controversy when they could be doing real work like covering actual news.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 28, 2024

The only time polls are validated (as opposed to “38% of the country think Apple pie is unAmerican”) is during election years.

Every election year, the polls are wrong. This is explained as one party “underperforming” or “over performing.”

Predictions in economic reports “exceed expectations” (good), or fail to meet expectations (bad). But the numbers are generally reliable; or they are corrected a bit later.

Pollsters pledge to “fix it” and “get it right next time.”

Rinse. Repeat.

Polls are garbage. 🗑️ 

EOD.