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I guess the US has it's own version of 'Shy Tories' where right-leaning voters aren't inclined to share their views (truthfully or otherwise) with polls. https
by DrBazza 2y ago
I guess the US has it's own version of 'Shy Tories' where right-leaning voters aren't inclined to share their views (truthfully or otherwise) with polls.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shy_Tory_factor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shy_Tory_factor
- eigenspace 2y agoI think it has less to do with shyness and more the fact that almost nobody speaks to pollsters on either side of the isle. Most polling is done by phone call. When was the last time you answered a call from an unknown number?
- odo1242 2y agoThey do adjust for this when doing the polls. The Shy Tory factor was relevant in 2016, though.
- chippiewill 2y agoI don't think Republican voters are shy. It's just incredibly hard to build a representative sample of the population.
- stringfood 2y ago[dead]
- FireBeyond 2y agoIt absolutely does. You can generally count on anyone who describes themselves as "Centrist" or "Apolitical" (doubly so if you're on a dating site) to be more to the right. It used to be "Libertarian" which for a subset was "I'm a Republican who likes to smoke weed".