Matt Gabriele@profgabriele.comso they're just making shit upThis post is unavailable.11/3/26, 1:25 pm·7 reposts·67 likes
Bailey Poletti@baileypoletti.bsky.social11 MarIs it just me, or does this seem like the Nate Silver "polls tell you more about an election than the actual votes cast" mindset taken to the logical next step?3
Zach Bigalke (he/him/his)@zbigalke.bsky.social11 MarBingo.Zach Bigalke (he/him/his)@zbigalke.bsky.socialSo... they're falsifying data, got it. That's really all this is, there's no need to get deeper than that.4
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