There is increasing talk about what effect will an increasing phenomena known as the "shy voter" will have on the coming election. Shy voters are usually described as those who feel pressured to say one thing publicly but vote entirely differently in private.
It is believed to have played a major role in the Brexit vote and Trump's victory in 2016 which the polls got horribly wrong. People will lie to a pollster working with an organization that openly mocks and derides those they disagree with.
Generally studies looking into this find that it is folks who possess conservative opinions who lie to pollsters and others the most having seen people get fired for expressing such views or having the government sic the FBI on them as "domestic terrorists."
New research is indicating that this is especially true among Millennials who everyone thinks are so reliably liberal, but it looks like that is not the case.
It is believed to have played a major role in the Brexit vote and Trump's victory in 2016 which the polls got horribly wrong. People will lie to a pollster working with an organization that openly mocks and derides those they disagree with.
Generally studies looking into this find that it is folks who possess conservative opinions who lie to pollsters and others the most having seen people get fired for expressing such views or having the government sic the FBI on them as "domestic terrorists."
New research is indicating that this is especially true among Millennials who everyone thinks are so reliably liberal, but it looks like that is not the case.
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