This is an important thread for journalistic reasons. It's important to realize that polling data and methodology this year is very different from polling in 2016, so to say that "this race is really close" is journalistically irresponsible and ignores all the data thus far. https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1320545652162572288

And this doesn't have to do with which candidate you support. Simply put, as journalists, reporting on the election, it's not being "biased" to say that Biden is favored by a somewhat large amount right now.

If anything, by taking the attitude of "polls were wrong in 2016 so we should ignore them" is only robbing us of the ability to do more insightful reporting. If we are willing to acknowledge the polling margins and not ignore them, we are able to do more thoughtful analysis.

For example, we can report on WHY the polling margins are different this time around, where undecided voters from 2016 are voting, what it would take for Trump to pull off another upset with even worse odds this time around, how Biden is avoiding mistakes Hillary made, etc.

As journalists, we should look into these topics. But if we just ignore the polls and deny what the state of the race is, we're robbing ourselves of that chance. (end thread)