Apparently there is a survey our there making the case that Trump is behind in the polls because his supporters are ever so shy about disclosing their preferences to telephone pollsters.
I think it is well debunked at the linked article, but I think it should also be pointed out that this may be one more hopeful sign of the eventual outcome should the Republicans not succeed in stealing the election. It reminds me of the poll skewing we were hearing about in 2012, when the Republicans grasped at the theory that somehow the polls were skewed in Obama’s favor. The thinking was somewhat similar:
“I don’t think [the polls] reflect the composition of what 2012 is going to look like,” Romney pollster Neil Newhouse said in an interview.
Frustration that polls are skewed in favor of Obama has escalated among some on the right in recent weeks. One website, www.unskewedpolls.com, recently began re-weighting the mainstream polls to closer track the demographic assumptions of conservative polling outlet Rasmussen Reports. The re-weighted polls all show Romney ahead in the race, with leads of between 3 and 11 percentage points.
We can, perhaps, take comfort in the fact that the Republicans are taking comfort in these fantasies.