# By how much is Trump over-performing, in terms of polling?

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**Created:** [June 16, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-how-much-is-trump-over-performing-in-terms-of-polling/757489 "2016-06-16T02:41:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-how-much-is-trump-over-performing-in-terms-of-polling/757489/5 "2016-06-16T10:54:37Z")

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How can any thinking person still, in this day and age, believe any poll released?

I thought by now pretty much everyone knew how easily manipulated and misleading they can be, by design.

Is anyone really being swayed by the numbers of any of the numerous polls released each day?

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