No, We Really Shouldn't Care About 2020 Presidential Polls Right Now

By streiff | 11:12 AM on April 28, 2017

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Jay Caruso has a post on a 2020(!!) presidential poll that shows Donald Trump losing. Jay, wisely, concludes:

However, ignore anything related to the election of 2020. It’s way too early.

Let’s just take a quick trip back in time and see how useful this kind of an exercise is.

New York Times, March 2013

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CNN, September 2013

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Jay is right. Looking at 2020 right now is a meaningless exercise.

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