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The Social-Desirability Effect

Abe: We ask additional questions that we are not sharing with the media this year because of scrupulous pollsters like the guys that work for Fox News who copy us without giving us credit. He says when there is social pressure, people react in different ways and stick to their original opinions but don't tell others about their opinions. A ban-wagging person will be more likely to vote for Joe Biden if it becomes all the more socially desirable to vote for Biden," he said.

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