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Considering the trend for people to be socially canceled, scorned, and shamed for supporting the "wrong" candidate, yes I think exit polling (and all polling fo
by throwaway201103 6y ago
Considering the trend for people to be socially canceled, scorned, and shamed for supporting the "wrong" candidate, yes I think exit polling (and all polling for that matter) are not working. People are much more likely to either decline to respond, or they will lie.
- rootusrootus 6y ago> or they will lie Apparently that isn't a problem. Yet. But non-response is.
- recursive 6y agoI think mail-in ballots are a much bigger problem for exit polling than fear of being cancelled. I cite no sources, just a hunch.
- _AzMoo 6y agoThey are actually both problems. The fear of being "cancelled" due to poll responses is called the Bradley Effect and definitely does apply to exit polls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_effect#Exit_polling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_effect#Exit_polling