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Ben Recht
@beenwrekt.bsky.social
Blog: argmin.substack.com/
Webpage: people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~brecht/
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yes, my issue is about what they are supposed to add to our civic understanding. I at least understand the arguments behind why campaigns have pollsters (whether they are worth listening to or paying is a separate question).
Look at Biden's exit from the race: the arguments were strongly driven by poll results reported by the media—including relatively small post-debate shifts. There was a broad and surprisingly open collective conversation, based on common knowledge of polling. That democratic process seems worthwhile.
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Ben Recht
@beenwrekt.bsky.social
Blog: argmin.substack.com/
Webpage: people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~brecht/
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