Polling this early... and relying on it..

[FakeAndyStuart]

07/29/2011 02:13 PM EDT
A new poll shows that President Barack Obama’s approval rating has plummeted to a new low as talks to raise the debt ceiling stalled and the president stayed out of the public eye after a Monday night speech through early Friday.
The president’s average approval rating on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was 40 percent in Gallup’s daily tracking poll released on Friday.

Dole Edges Clinton In Newsweek Poll
Sun., June 11, 1995
Sen. Bob Dole would beat President Clinton by a slim margin if a head-to-head presidential election were held today, according to a poll released Saturday.

October 2004
FOX News Poll - 10/30 - 10/31 -- Kerry 48 Bush 46 Kerry +2

[Matt]

07/29/2011 02:13 PM EDT
A new poll shows that President Barack Obama’s approval rating has plummeted to a new low as talks to raise the debt ceiling stalled and the president stayed out of the public eye after a Monday night speech through early Friday.
The president’s average approval rating on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was 40 percent in Gallup’s daily tracking poll released on Friday.

Dole Edges Clinton In Newsweek Poll
Sun., June 11, 1995
Sen. Bob Dole would beat President Clinton by a slim margin if a head-to-head presidential election were held today, according to a poll released Saturday.

October 2000
FOX News Poll - 10/30 - 10/31 -- Kerry 48 Bush 46 Kerry +2

It's no surprise that the Bush/Kerry poll was wildly inaccurate FOUR YEARS before the election.

[FakeAndyStuart]

07/29/2011 02:13 PM EDT
A new poll shows that President Barack Obama’s approval rating has plummeted to a new low as talks to raise the debt ceiling stalled and the president stayed out of the public eye after a Monday night speech through early Friday.
The president’s average approval rating on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was 40 percent in Gallup’s daily tracking poll released on Friday.

Dole Edges Clinton In Newsweek Poll
Sun., June 11, 1995
Sen. Bob Dole would beat President Clinton by a slim margin if a head-to-head presidential election were held today, according to a poll released Saturday.

October 2004 (it was a typo, my extreme apologies to all who never make mistakes
FOX News Poll - 10/30 - 10/31 -- Kerry 48 Bush 46 Kerry +2

It's no surprise that the Bush/Kerry poll was wildly inaccurate FOUR YEARS before the election.

Ha ha ha ha.. so you found a typo. I fixed it.

In late fall 2004, there were more than one poll indicating a Kerry victory. In August, 2004, the Real Clear Politics poll average gave had Kerry ahead by a point.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epoll ... y-939.html

[Round Six]

I do agree with Andy if he's making the point I think he's making. Polls this early make good entertainment, but should not be taken seriously.

Let me throw this question out:
Do people see one candidate ahead and vote for them because they want to say they voted for the winner?

I say this because the folks I talk to are not "all in" for Trump or Biden. Seems despite what the polls are saying, not as many folks on the street seem to want one of the two.