Since hating on public polls is my main source of recreation, I'm going to start a 2020 thread in which I recycle insults from Chappelle's Player Hater's Ball to describe public polling. 1/

First up, Hodas and Associates + GOP "Restoration PAC" reporting past the decimal point for 600N in PA:

What can I say about that poll that hasn't already been said about Afghanistan?

Next up, Morning Consult using a 5-point scale where the middle option is "good" h/t @abaumania @aedwardslevy

I hope all the bad things in life happen to this poll and nobody else but this poll

Whoa, here's FAU with a margin-of-error race in Florida that they suggest is bouncing like a superball because the y-axis runs from 44 to 54.

This graph looks bombed out and depleted.

Next up, Telemundo reporting results from a Twitter poll as though it's actually representative of Spanish-speaking viewers (h/t @KendraWrites) https://twitter.com/danielggarza/status/1311139548706074626?s=19

Now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna go home and put some water in this "survey's" dish.

Here's a survey tweeted by the President of the United States, via the right-wing UK Express. Let's start with the galaxy brain lede -- the race is over because Trump is ahead by 3 points in national popular vote. What the what?
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1329041/US-election-2020-donald-trump-joe-biden-latest-polling

Survey is 1500N collected via IVR over three days, apparently putting cell numbers into an autodialer

Respondents were asked whether Biden (but not Trump) is in cognitive decline (h/t @JessicaHuseman). Also whether Trump is a populist and whether Biden is an "establishment politician"