# How often do you check the polls and why?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-the-polls-and-why/1006477>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [August 30, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-the-polls-and-why/1006477 "2024-08-30T17:26:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-the-polls-and-why/1006477/41 "2024-09-02T18:14:43Z")

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Fair enough. 🙂

For others who are curious: Nate Silver does indeed have another site, here:

> **[Silver Bulletin | Nate Silver | Substack](https://www.natesilver.net/)**
>
> Essays and analysis about elections, media, sports, poker, and all the other things I care about. Click to read Silver Bulletin, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

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**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-the-polls-and-why/1006477/42 "2024-09-10T03:29:44Z")

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I look at polls and I’m freaking out that Kamala isn’t doing better in the battleground states. I hope this motivates people to vote. America is one step away from Dictatorship.

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