Friday’s Forum
Steven L. Taylor
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Friday, October 25, 2024
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About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a retired Professor of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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Massive report from New Republic dissects the hack RW polls used to pump up Trump’s polling averages the last few weeks.
Of course the media loves it — anything showing Trump gaining ground is great clickbait for them. As well, they want Trump to win for that $$, so they happily give legitimacy to anything as long as it will help in any way to generate their desired outcome.
Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin (WSJ)
Why are American taxpayers giving subsidies and government contracts to a foreign-born bond villain? Musk is working with our enemies and rivals. This includes his attempt to buy the 2024 election for Putin-puppet rapist Trump, a mentally-deteriorating failure who admires Hitler.
I hope Musk’s security clearance is speedily reviewed.
@Gavin: I’ve been thinking a lot about polling firms lately. Maybe it’s my background in PR, but the question of accuracy is bread and butter to them–their entire currency is bound up in their ability to provide predictions that, more often than not, are correct. They don’t want another 2016 on their hands, so instead of providing numbers to a public that is fairly illiterate in statistics, it’s easier (and safer for them) to just say “COIN TOSS!!1!” and leave it at that.