Why is Florida getting the lion's share of the polls this year?
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« on: October 26, 2018, 02:48:53 PM »
It seems we barely get anything from Ohio/Wisconsin/etc...while Florida gets poll after poll saying the same thing (Gillum in low single digits, FL-Sen a toss-up). Is that always the case?
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« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2018, 02:50:28 PM »
Quote from: hofoid on October 26, 2018, 02:48:53 PM
It seems we barely get anything from Ohio/Wisconsin/etc...while Florida gets poll after poll saying the same thing (Gillum in low single digits, FL-Sen a toss-up). Is that always the case?

Why would you even want any non-Marquette polls of Wisconsin anyway? You said it was alarming for people to take any non-Marquette polls seriously (conveniently the one outfit that so far has lent credence to your obsession that Walker will win).
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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2018, 02:55:02 PM »
Quote from: Virginiá on October 26, 2018, 02:50:28 PM
Quote from: hofoid on October 26, 2018, 02:48:53 PM
It seems we barely get anything from Ohio/Wisconsin/etc...while Florida gets poll after poll saying the same thing (Gillum in low single digits, FL-Sen a toss-up). Is that always the case?

Why would you even want any non-Marquette polls of Wisconsin anyway? You said it was alarming for people to take any non-Marquette polls seriously (conveniently the one outfit that so far has lent credence to your obsession that Walker will win).
We get one Marquette poll (touted as a Gold Standard long before I even joined this forum) every 3-4 weeks, while Florida gets a new poll every 3-4 days.
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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2018, 02:57:12 PM »
Right.. Anyway, Florida is really the only big-state Gov race that is actually competitive, and to top it off, has a competitive Senate race too. Seems obvious why it is getting a lot of polls.
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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2018, 02:58:44 PM »
Quote from: Virginiá on October 26, 2018, 02:57:12 PM
Right.. Anyway, Florida is really the only big-state Gov race that is actually competitive, and to top it off, has a competitive Senate race too. Seems obvious why it is getting a lot of polls.

There's also quite a slew of pollsters based in Florida (though most of them are absolute garbage like FAU/Cherry/St. Leo's), so that helps too.
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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2018, 03:03:39 PM »
Immigration issues: AZ, NV, FL, GA, and CA gets polled and ME, VT, NH, OH doesn't get polled.
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« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2018, 03:32:01 PM »
Florida always gets a ton of polls.
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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2018, 05:57:52 PM »
Gillum will be Gov. of Florida, and I support Trump. DeSantis is just cringeworthy and a racist
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« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2018, 06:52:30 PM »
Because Florida is the most populous swing state in the country with a particularly interesting Gubernatorial race.
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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2018, 10:59:29 PM »
Florida has very open public records laws. It’s easy find a lot of info about the potential voters. It's always a battleground state and campaigns and media pay for polling because it’s an important state to have in the win column or report on.
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