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https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/26551 https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/26551

• rokosbasilisk 10y ago
  wow. Unbelievable. This kind of collusion between pollsters and campaigns should be illegal.
  • general_ai 10y ago
    We'll need to conduct a poll to see what people think about this... oh wait.
  • zigzigzag 10y ago
    Campaigns often conduct private polling that they pay for, why should this be illegal? I don't see anything wrong in that email - all it means is that they wanted to get more resolution for certain demographics, I think.
    • general_ai 10y ago
      No, they didn't want "more resolution" for "certain demographics". They wanted these demographics overrepresented in the final sample, without disclosing the fact they are overrepresented. These are polls for external consumption, the kinds you'd then find on CNN, HuffPo and MSNBC. I'm sure they also had their own private polls which, while probably also cooked, were more accurate.
      • zigzigzag 10y ago
        Is there more context here I'm missing? The emails don't say much, but they do refer to "our polling".
        • ZeroGravitas 10y ago
          "Donald Trump absurdly claims Clinton campaign chairman rigged the polls." Politifact rating: Pants on Fire! http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/oct/25/donald-trump/trump-absurd-claims-podesta-rigged-polls/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/oct/... Just another officially sanctioned conspiracy theory.