{"id":32742,"date":"2016-09-28T14:53:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T21:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32742"},"modified":"2016-09-28T14:57:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T21:57:03","slug":"fox-news-is-still-using-nonsense-polls-despite-memo-warning-not-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32742","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Is Still Using ‘Nonsense’ Polls Despite Memo Warning Not To"},"content":{"rendered":"

Within hours of the conclusion of the Clinton\/Trump debate Donald Trump was touting his “triumph”<\/em> over Hillary Clinton. Although he would have been bragging even if he had lapsed into Mickey Mouse impressions doing sieg heil salutes.<\/p>\n

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The main problem with Trump’s victory lap is that it was based solely on the result of unscientific online polls. These are polls that invite web users to cast votes, but are not managed to produce a representative sample of the electorate. Anyone who feels like it can cast a vote and, in many cases, as many votes as they want. There are even reports<\/a><\/strong> that devoted StormTrumpers organized online armies to game the polls. That’s why they are generally dismissed as being “for entertainment purposes only”<\/em> and no professional takes them seriously.<\/p>\n

Consequently, the pathologically narcissistic Trump believes they are proof of his universal appeal to a nation that ravenously adores him. He posted at least twelve tweets promoting his supremacy in these bogus polls, beginning with this one:<\/p>\n

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I won every poll from last nights Presidential Debate – except for the little watched @CNN<\/a> poll.<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n