@#9

Wish I could disagree...

More from the article ...

... Two of the US officials said the ordered departures would potentially involve the evacuation of all personnel and their families from the US Mission to Saudi Arabia. ...

Meta may have a larger problem ...

@#6 ... Clinton had what seemed like a sizable lead. ...

Yup.

But the Toss-up states, i.e., those where the polling was within the margin of error, went away from her on Election Day.

@#4 ... Get out and vote. ...

Worth a repeat ...

Get out and vote.

@#2

More from the article ...

... There is reason for concern. In addition to high-profile misses " the most prominent among them, the 2016 presidential contest that elected Trump " recent election cycles have witnessed cratering survey response rates, flawed weighting and turnout assumptions, and a rise in bad-faith actors, not to mention the challenge of vanishing landline phones.

This year, a handful of episodes have further undermined confidence. Polls predicted a slam-dunk victory for Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary -- he won by 1 percentage point. Francesca Hong, the democratic socialist running in Wisconsin's Democratic primary for governor, held a double-digit lead in preelection surveys -- she narrowly lost. And a poll in the Los Angeles mayoral race -- which spread widely after one of the candidates, Mayor Karen Bass, touted it on social media -- turned out to be entirely bogus. The Los Angeles Times later reported that the individual behind the sham poll said it was part of a "short-term social experiment" to examine how polling numbers could "spread through the political information ecosystem without independent verification."

The polling misfires, however, don't reflect the changes in the industry. There are new methods of reaching people, and new ways to account for the most elusive voters.

Those corrections have seemingly paid off; you may not realize it, but the polls largely nailed the results of the past two midterms.

Still, polls aren't meant to be predictive. They represent a snapshot in time, offering insight into public sentiment and voters' most pressing concerns.

"Certainly, given the polling misses in 2016 and, to some extent, 2020, there's an obvious fear factor," says Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll. "We've done a lot over this past decade to try to improve the control we have over those kinds of errors, but ultimately we can't force people to do polls, and so this remains always a background fear factor." ...

thx for posting this.

@#5 ... this administration is threatening to prosecute *the bureaucrat* for being lied to. ...

[trying to retain your emphasis]

Exactly.

But, maybe more specifically, the Blue State bureaucrat?

@#4

Oops, spell-check gone awry. Majorly awry.

I meant tried to post "political orientations of that driver."

Woof.

~Operating under the influence~ is a significant problem in our Country.

Let's not try to use this particular case for political purposes.

Stated differently... if you are involved in a road accident with a ~influenced~ driver, does it really matter the political ------- of that driver?

@#9 ... They're not following, they're enforcing. ...

Exactly.

The people are abiding by the law.

So, what is the problem here?

Maybe that some people have an issue with others who are being law-abiding citizens?

@#44 ... The Iran-Contra hearings were going on at the time, and we'd get updated lyrics almost daily; there were shows where we were literally singing that night about the hearings that afternoon.

Most impressive though, was the guy playing Reagan: a kid in his early 20s, who somehow got the age and the vocal inflections perfectly. ...

Wish I could have seen that show (those shows).

Sounds like fun stuff.

... and Pres Macron's attendance to a Celine Dion concert while his country seemed to be in turmoil was not the best of PR looks.

More from the article ...

... Even former allies are now openly scathing, tracing the country's current impasse to Macron's decision to call a snap parliamentary election in 2024 that weakened his authority.

"The end of this term is a slow agony," said Loc Kervran, a former lawmaker from Macron's camp, on X. "The president paralysed the country with his absurd decision to dissolve parliament in 2024. Arguably the worst decision in the history of the Fifth Republic."

LE PEN'S 'HIGHWAY' TO THE PRESIDENCY

The turmoil may benefit far-right National Rally leader Marine Le Pen, who is already the frontrunner in the 2027 presidential race and stands to gain from both the anger over declining living standards and the fears over law and order unleashed by the weekend's violence.

"Le Pen no longer needs to spend any money to campaign," Jean-Baptiste Moreau, another former Macron lawmaker, told Reuters. "It's not just a clear path ahead of her " it's a six-lane highway."

Le Pen delivered her own message to the nation in a video statement on Sunday, portraying Macron's administration as a crumbling power and casting herself as the figure capable of restoring order. ...

@#9

Maybe your current trolling alias should ask its troll farm management for better talking points?

:)

Jus' sayin' ...

@#9

fwiw ...

@#9

So, ya got nada in response?

Good to know.

:)

@#42 ... WaPo Bashed for 'Journalistic Malpractice' ...

Is Mr Bezos' influence starting to show itself?

And back to the thread topic...

@#10 ... Actually, he's a Republican operative ...

There now seem to be some issue around that ...

@#39 ... Trump had fuentes in the white house for a dinner. ...

Shhhh ... you are not supposed to mention that.

But if you want a laugh, there's this ...

@#8

[crickets]

Quelle surprise.

@#3 ... Folks will lie on applications, like telling the tax assessors your place is 10,000 sq feet, while telling lenders it's 30,000 sq feet. ...

Wow, your comment goes right to the core of the matter.