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   feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 01:37:06 JST feld

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   @polarisera not surprised that betting markets do a better job at data analysis than pollsters
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     @feld The whales used privately hired pollsters.

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 01:46:01 JST feld

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     @polarisera when I worked at Gallup briefly (acqui-hired) someone there humble-bragged that they have so much data on citizens they can predict a poll's results because they already know what a person is going to answer.
     
     And then when I was supposed to be meeting the CEO as our team flew to their HQ we were informed he had a last minute meeting come up with Cheney so he flew to DC instead (this was ... March of the election year)
     
     I haven't trusted polls since.
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