I was going to post the above discovery, hidden in a link in this piece about why the US polls were wrong:
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/11/10/21551766/election-polls-results-wrong-david-shor
Probably due to the 'fear sells' tactic of the mass media.
― the 120 days of sod 'em (ledge), Friday, 20 November 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link