Anketiranje je nauka za sebe, nije to samo unesi odgovore u Excel i objavi postotke. Svaka anketna kuca uzima u obzir demografiju ispitanika, statisticke podatke iz prethodnih izbora, i onda "stima" koeficijentima da bi sto blize odgovarali ocekivanom birackom tijelu. Npr. ako im na anketu odgovori 5% bijelaca starijih od 65 godina, a oni procjenjuju da ce ih na izborima biti 10%, njihovi odgovori imaju duplo vecu "tezinu" u konacnom rezultatu nego drugi odgovori.
Naravno, posto svako uzima razlicite pretpostavke, neko ce "fulati" vise a neko manje, i neke ce fule biti "ulijevo" a neke "udesno". Tacno se zna koje anketne kuce vise "vuku" na stranu demokrata, a koje na stranu republikanaca.
Problem za Trumpa je da cak i one koje "vuku" na njegovu stranu, pa cak i interne ankete njegove kampanje, pokazuju veliku prednost Bidena izvan okvira statisticke greske. Ostale republikance vec hvata nervoza, jer ako Trump bude imao katastrofalan rezultat, povuci ce i njih sa sobom, slicno kao McCain 2008:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07 ... abel-looms
Nervous Republicans worried about losing the Senate are now debating when to break from Trump. Trump campaign internal polls show Trump’s level of “strong support” dropping from 21 to 17 points since last week, a person briefed on the numbers said. A source close to Iowa Republican Joni Ernst’s campaign said Ernst advisers are upset that a solid seat is now in play. “Joni’s campaign is pissed. They should not be in a competitive race,” the source said. ("This is completely false," an Ernst campaign spokesperson said in a statement. "Folks are energized about re-electing Joni Ernst, President Trump and the rest of Republican ballot in Iowa this November.") A Republican strategist close to Mitch McConnell told me that Republicans have Labor Day penciled in as the deadline for Trump to have turned things around. After that, he’s on his own.