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I don't think it's terribly surprising. When people are demonized for their political beliefs (i.e., you're stupid and/or racist if you support Brexit), the tr

by xienze 10y ago

I don't think it's terribly surprising. When people are demonized for their political beliefs (i.e., you're stupid and/or racist if you support Brexit), the truth will only come out with anonymity. Hence, polling becomes much more unreliable.

venomsnake 10y ago
This bodes well for Trump ...
- tim333 10y ago
  The polls were way closer for Brexit than Trump http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/06/britain-s-eu-referendum http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/06/britain... http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-general-election-trump-vs-clinton/edit#!minpct=25&maxpct=60&mindate=2014-01-01&maxdate=2016-05-23&smoothing=less&showpoints=yes&showsplines=yes&hiddenpollsters=&hiddensubpops=&partisanship=S,P,N&parties=D,R,I,N&selected=clinton,trump&fudge=1 http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-general-el...
  - venomsnake 10y ago
    And the stigma of being trump supporter is way higher.