# Is the SDMB an echo chamber?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 9, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190 "2016-11-09T13:40:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190/135 "2024-11-06T12:20:18Z")

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> [@snowthx](#):
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> As many of us are surprised by the election result, it got me thinking “why” we are so surprised. Sure, the pollsters got it wrong, and the media certainly made it seem like it was closer than it ended-up being. Sure, some here suggested the unthinkable, but in the end we were collectively wrong - we missed something in all the logic and data and citations.
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> What about our beloved SDMB? Have we chased-off all the dissenting voices such that we have a pure echo chamber here?

Ugh. I never thought this thread would need a bump, but here we are, again, and for the same reason.

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