# Polling is broken, right? Or is it the news? Or all of the US? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 27, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-is-broken-right-or-is-it-the-news-or-all-of-the-us/993779 "2023-11-27T17:30:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 329
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-is-broken-right-or-is-it-the-news-or-all-of-the-us/993779/329 "2024-05-29T14:44:02Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Consider that if we do convince Americans to **distrust the mainstream media** , most of them (obviously with exceptions, as seen in this thread) will move rightward. I believe that the commenter, Merrill – as opposed to proposing that others should mistrust _the entire_ mainstream media – was instead picking a bone with the NYT’s Nate Cohn and the specific NYT/Siena polls (which have sampling problems as detailed upthread). Your linked article was an interesting read, especially regarding the “low trust” segment of the populace. I do take issue with the author using current polling numbers as the foundations of their arguments, however. _That said_ … there does now seem to be some slipping of Biden’s support among young adults and persons of color (though your link seems to admit this is driven by non-likely voter responses). Even the plus-Biden Marist poll **Tero** just posted talks about this effect. Not prepared to say that Biden’s _actually_ underwater with young voters and BIPOC voters, but I can accept that he’s lost some percentage. How big a percentage – and whether it’s a meaningful amount – I don’t think will be discernable until November. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-is-broken-right-or-is-it-the-news-or-all-of-the-us/993779)._