# Polling results spread out in election threads **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 19, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484 "2024-09-19T19:49:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/1 "2024-09-19T19:49:41Z")
I don’t know the right answer and I do believe that play by play polling numbers are relevant to the run up to the election and how can Trump win threads … but we get the same polls as new news in each of them … The three threads seem to mostly be us all saying the same things three times. Beetlejuice is sure to appear! Maybe merge with one thread to rule them all? Maybe one ongoing polls news only? (Rejected in past.) Or just continue the mess? Maybe one ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/2 "2024-09-19T19:56:50Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Maybe one ongoing polls news only? (Rejected in past.) Still rejected. Meta on Polls has a thread and the 2 campaign threads are places to talk about latest polls. I’m not sure what the third is. The zen diagram on the 3 threads is not a complete overlap, so it is fine how it is. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/3 "2024-09-19T20:04:28Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > The zen diagram on the 3 threads is not a complete overlap Pretty damn close. I love me my play by play by the minute poll and 538 updates but three threads of the near same is excessive. Your ring rules them all though. But maybe at least hear some discussion about it? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/4 "2024-09-19T20:57:06Z")
The one thing would be to combine the pair of campaign threads. I would be open to that. But messy at this point. I would hate a dedicate polls thread. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/5 "2024-09-19T22:06:35Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > zen diagram Venn? otherwise I’m lost ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/6 "2024-09-19T22:51:45Z")
Damn phone, yes Venn. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/7 "2024-09-19T23:34:34Z")
Third option: make a thread specifically for polling results. That way they’re all in one place, but each thread can still discuss them in a unique way. Not remotely sure if this is a good idea, but just putting it out there. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/8 "2024-09-19T23:35:38Z")
I think we need a poll on this. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/9 "2024-09-20T00:12:21Z")
Or maybe 7. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/10 "2024-09-20T00:56:55Z")
I’ve stopped watching the two threads on Harris and Trump because I’m not interested in hourly updates on the polls. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/11 "2024-09-20T02:57:25Z")
I’m actually interested in the updates on the newest significant polls and occasional meaningful comments about them. I think I am a bit on the far end of that obsessive spectrum. And even I tire reading the same newest poll announcement repeated in three threads and three sets of similar discussions. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/12 "2024-09-20T11:31:22Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Venn? otherwise I’m lost What is the sound of one circle overlapping? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/13 "2024-09-20T11:37:32Z")
Same for me. ETA: LHOD-- 👏🏼 ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/14 "2024-09-20T13:15:11Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > The one thing would be to combine the pair of campaign threads. I would be open to that. But messy at this point. Or maybe close all three with a new “final stretch run up to the election” thread linked to each in their place? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/15 "2024-09-20T13:19:20Z")
What is the third thread in this case? We have [Kamala Harris and the runup to the 2024 Presidential Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election/1004571) & [Donald Trump and the runup to the 2024 election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196) threads. There are two VP threads, which should remain separate or their content will be lost. Finally the meta thread on polling: [Polling: Unskewed Polls and comments on polling (moved from Harris Thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-unskewed-polls-and-comments-on-polling-moved-from-harris-thread/1005665). This was removed on purpose as it was a sidebar to the campaign threads and not really about the campaigns. It is a place to talk about polling present and past, and etc. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/16 "2024-09-20T13:22:01Z")
You also wind up with three threads with the same people not understanding statistics and kvetching about Nate Silver over and over ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/17 "2024-09-20T13:24:40Z")
I’ve been tempted to completely evict Nate Silver talk from the 2 campaign threads, but as long as it is just reporting his results and not on Silver himself, we’re allowing those posts. But I agree, it gets tiring. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/18 "2024-09-20T13:29:35Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > What is the third thread in this case? How can Trump win? Which mostly includes the same polling updates and the same claims regarding what they mean or don’t mean and behaviors of potential voters. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/19 "2024-09-20T13:34:39Z")
Personally, I’d prefer all the polling, including discussion about polling, in the same place. And I’d be happy if that were a different place than the general discussion if the election. I just feel it’s awkward to talk about poll results and not be able to discuss their validity. Maybe it’s also awkward to talk about the campaigns without discussion polls. So maybe my preference would have been one thread. Dunno. But I’d prefer to pull out all the poll talk. That’s partly because i, personally, don’t trust polling these days, and feel it clutters up the other discussion. (And I’d love to ban the sidetrack of whether Nate Silver has sold out to Republicans. Surely that’s been fully covered.) ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484/20 "2024-09-20T13:38:00Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > ban the sidetrack of whether Nate Silver has sold out to Republicans Minimally keep it in the 538/Silver take your pick suck thread. (Not its name.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-results-spread-out-in-election-threads/1007484.md?page=2)