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what's to be gained from lying to a pollster?
Approval. People lying to avoid admitting to what they think might be seen as antisocial behaviour is a well known thing in polling, no?
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Not to my knowledge. It's an anonymous phone call and completely optional. I just can't see statistically significant numbers of Trump voters agreeing to take part in the poll then lying to avoid some faceless caller thinking they're a bit of a twat. That might be the case for a few, of course, but it seems to me genuinely unlikely that's what a large number of respondents do.
ketsbaia
I'm not on X and won't click on it due to its fuckwit owner.
But what I don't understand is why they would lie at all? What's the point? It's not like polls aren't anonymous. No 0ne is going to find out. Why would you bother lying? Admittedly, I don't understand why anyone would vote for Trump, but seriously, what's to be gained from lying to a pollster?