In a hypothetical poll, done by one of the worst pollsters of them all, the Amazon Washington Post/ABC, which predicted I would lose to Crooked Hillary by 15 points (how did that work out?), Sleepy Joe, Pocahontas and virtually all others would beat me in the General Election….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2019
Notes:
- The final WaPo poll actually predicted that Trump would lose the popular vote by four points, with an MOE of +-2.5. Trump actually lost by 2.1 points, comfortably within the margin of error.
- ABC/WaPo, according to the stats nerds at 538, is the best polling organization. They earn the rare A+ rating.
- Every major polling organization shows Sleepy Joe with at least an eight-point lead at the moment.
If Trump were a rational man with normal levels of impulse control, he could have properly responded that polls taken more than a year before the election have a very low predictive value. Worded another way, September of 2019 “don’t mean jack shit.” All that matters is November of 2020.
And, of course, November of 2024, 2028 and especially 2032, when an 86-year-old Trump finally breaks FDR’s record of winning four presidential elections.
That FDR – what a loser!
I never noticed before. I probably don’t have to worry about you starting to call the orange blob “Trump Terrific.” Unless you mean it facetiously. lol
Scoop, I have to say that I don’t think I’ve ever felt offended by a story on your site. At least not until just now. When I first saw the headline, honestly my first thought was what usual shenanigans could Rusty be up to, he died over a year ago? Then I realized who you were referring to and got offended you would use Rusty’s nickname to refer to Trump. If you weren’t a baseball fan I could understand it. But Rusty Staub was one of the most decent men to ever play major league baseball. The next thing you know Tom Brady is going to try and trademark “Tom Terrific.”
You just noticed? I’ve been calling him that for years!