Trump Says ‘A Lot Of The Polls Are Purposefully Wrong’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump campaign at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, in Eau Claire, Wis.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Donald Trump, who has a tendency to dismiss polls that show him trailing Hillary Clinton, declared on Tuesday morning that many polls are “phony” during an interview on “Fox and Friends.”

“I do think a lot of polls are purposefully wrong,” he said when asked if some pollsters have incorrectly predicted the level of support Trump has garnered. “I think I can almost tell you by the people that do it. The media is very dishonest, extremely dishonest, and I think a lot of polls are phony. I don’t think they interview people. I think they just put out phony numbers.”

Trump has a love-hate relationship with polls. He touts polls that show him ahead, and he’s promoted unscientific snap polls that show he won debates. But when he is behind, the polls are his worst enemy.

During the interview on “Fox and Friends,” Trump also addressed how he would feel if he lost the election when he was asked about comments he’s made indicating that his campaign will have been a “waste of time” if he loses.

“I’ve been given a lot of credit for having done this because I went through 17 great professionals, you know, very top people, and I’ve been given a lot of credit. And they said whether you win or lose, it doesn’t matter because there’s never been a movement like this. Even your friend, Bill O’Reilly, said it’s the greatest political phenomena in his lifetime,” Trump said. “There’s never been a movement.”

Trump then indicated that this “movement” wasn’t enough.

“So they said, no, no, even if you don’t win. I said, let me tell you, if I don’t win, I will consider it a tremendous waste of time, energy, and money,” he said before claiming that he will have spent more than $100 million of his own money on his campaign.

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  1. Lyin’ to the bitter end.

  2. Yep, those polls that show you still have a ghost of a chance of getting elected are “purposely wrong”, Donnie.

    The ones that show you getting whomped by a sickly, crooked girl are “purposely right”, Donnie…

  3. Still going with the Romney approach to polling?

    How’d that work out last time?

  4. Thus far this morning, looking at various pollsters/aggregators, the only ones that are “purposefully wrong” seem to be FauxNews (yes, I knew that would be a surprise for you) and the right-leaning Real Clear Politics. They both have the EVs at a virtual tie.

    Everybody else, using statistical methods and based upon a gazillion data points, has Hillary over 300EV, most of them in the 320+ range.

    So, yes, Don the Con is right – just not in the way he thinks he is.

    But he’ll find out soon!

  5. Did any of the three stooges on that show point out that even the Fox poll shows him losing?

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