The news comes after the Democratic National Convention last week, which was expected to give Harris a boost in the polls.
  • LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world
    50·
    3 months ago

    TL;DR: A poll in Minnesota of 635 likely voters showed her lead after the DNC went from 10 to 5 percent. And it also has a margin of error of ±4.5 percent. So in other words, this is a tiny ass poll with a margin of error almost the exact same size as the supposed lead being halved. I’m not saying it’s not possible, but with such a small poll, I don’t know how accurate this.

    • aalvare2@lemmy.world
      16·
      3 months ago

      If I understand margin of error correctly, then what this means is that the “true” lead that harris had over trump at the time of this poll has a 95% chance of being somewhere between +(5+4.5) and +(5-4.5).

      So according to just this poll, there’s a 95% that Harris’ lead in Minnesota is between 9.5% and 0.5%, so somewhere between “what the polling was nearly already saying” and “almost neck and neck”.

      And that’s not even taking any of the other polling into consideration…

      TL;DR yeah, this poll isn’t very useful.

    • ABCDE@lemmy.world
      6·
      3 months ago

      635 is not that small. Regular polling should show us a good idea of how play stands.

      • LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world
        5·
        3 months ago

        Considering there are polls that have 2000 or more people and those are generally considered more reliable, 635 is pretty small. It might not be small in a gym, but it’s smaller than my graduating high school class. So it’s less reliable as such.

    • CaliforniaSober@lemmy.caEnglish
      15·
      3 months ago

      Clearly the polls show that pissing on Arlington is a winning strategy…

      Trump should keep insulting veterans… considering the polls.

      • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
        2·
        3 months ago

        Shrinking, which means Trump has the momentum.

        She got a bump when she tapped in for Biden, but that bump is now fading.

        • Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          The media keeps telling me everyone has excitement and vibes for Harris, but everyone in the street I talk to about her seems even more disgusted than when Biden was running. She’s done one interview where she was on her back foot but media is saying she was stunning and brave. Her whole support feels like the brain dead blue no matter who crowd and its turning into a giant turnoff for everyone who isn’t. I thought ditching Biden would stop it, but Dems seem to really want Trump to win all states as Harris is being compared to Hilary (Shoved down our throat politician whose qualifications seem to amount to being a Dem loyalist, not an actual winning candidate)