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shared by Javier E on 09 Nov 23 - No Cached

The reason people have come to believe that polls are wrong is because the polls describe a reality that is utterly counter to what should be happening according to history, norms, and standard
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There is no universe in which this election should be close. When we see polls showing that it’s actually very close, we recoil from them.
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Here is the truth: We’ve lost sight of just how damned unreal this moment in American history is.
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Nothing about it makes sense, or fits within existing patterns. We are in the middle of a genuine authoritarian attempt, which means that our baseline reality has shifted. None of us has been in a place like this pre-2016.
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As a result, the smell tests we used to in the Before Times have become unreliable, because what was once unthinkable is now routine.
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