Why Is Fux News Pushing A Fake Poll Showing Jones with a 10 Point Lead Over Moore?

[TrollBuster9090]

Fux News just came out with a poll showing Doug Jones with a 10 point lead over Roy Moore.

Like most of what Fox News broadcasts, it's mostly bulls#!t. Most other polls show them neck and neck. Given that people are EMBARRASSED to tell pollsters that they're voting for a child molester, I'd guess a neck and neck poll really means Moore has about a 5% edge on Jones.

So...why is Fux Noise putting out this bulls#!t the night before the election? My guess: They want Democratic voters to be complacent, and think that Jones has such a big lead there's no point in even turning up to vote.

There's just one problem with that strategy. Democratic voters don't LISTEN to Fox News polls. Nice try, asshats...


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/11/fox-news-poll-enthused-democrats-give-jones-lead-over-moore-in-alabama.html

[Shrike47]

1. I think they want to scare the Moore voters and get them to turn out.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. +1

[dhol82]

4. Yup. That was my first thought.

[TrollBuster9090]

5. Possibly, but the standard way of doing that is to make it look like the vote is CLOSE.

If you want your people to turn out, you tell them that you're winning with a slight edge. An edge which could disappear if your voters get complacent. On the other hand, if you think your side is going to win by a mile, you may not go out to vote, or you might vote for a 'protest' candidate. That's been my experience, anyway.

[Dave Starsky]

3. They are are scaring the zombies to go to the polls...

While encouraging tbe Dems to stay home.

Where have you been? They do this all the time.

[TrollBuster9090]

7. As I said above...

In the evil art of PUSH POLLING, a great way to SUPPRESS voters is to make it look like their opponents have a huge, insurmountable lead. On the other hand, if you want them to turn out in droves, make it look like they only have a small lead in an election where every vote counts.

[Different Drummer]

8. That is exactly what they are doing. n/t

[applegrove]

6. To light a fire under the republicans in Alabama who aren't enthused

to people that guy who voted for a creep. And to keep democrats at home. Worked when John Kerry was running for President in 2004 and exit polls leaked that Kerry was way ahead in the morning. He lost by evening.

[dalton99a]

9. "To Democrats: You won, stay home. To Republicans: Don't let them win - get out and vote."

[pnwmom]

10. The Fox poll includes cell phone users and employs real interviewers.

Most of the other polls exclude cell phone users and use robo-callers.

There are other differences, too, but these are the main ones. We'll see which poll gets the most accurate results, but Fox's is one of the few using traditional methods and that includes cell phones.

[BigmanPigman]

11. I do not look at poll results anymore, especially after the 2016 election.

NY poll or "study" can slant results to support their agenda. Besides that there are no real results due to cell phones, technology, etc. I worked for a polling firm a long time ago and this was true even before cell phones.

[Cicada]

16. Hillarys vote total wasnt that far off the poll predictions actually.

Nate Silver said she had a one in four or one in three chance of losing given the normal poll errors.

Polls usually get it right but not always. But state polls are less reliable. And the polls on Moore are all over the map.

You might prefer prediction markets where people bet on who will win. I read they are more accurate than polls. Predictit has Moore 68% favorite right now.

[Crunchy Frog]

12. To motivate the pedophile voters.

[Va Lefty]

13. So when Moore wins they can claim traitor don saved him

Thank you dear leader. You are so great!

[The_Casual_Observer]

14. Could be real, Alabama is new territory for serious polling. I guess we will find out tomorrow.

[Dreamer Tatum]

15. I've seen similar numbers on other news outlets

I think you might be overthinking it just a tad.