# Polling is broken, right? Or is it the news? Or all of the US?

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-is-broken-right-or-is-it-the-news-or-all-of-the-us/993779/52 "2023-11-28T14:22:03Z")

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> [@Can Trump beat Biden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trump-beat-biden/992840/5):
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> [Apparently the poll numbers are being skewed by 22% of Black voters in battleground states favoring Trump.](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a45752839/trump-leading-biden-poll-numbers/) That guy writes:
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> > I do not believe that the former president\* will get 22 percent of the Black vote. I’d sooner believe he’d get 22 percent of the votes from pixies, elves, and the _Tuatha de Denaan._

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