2016 Postmortem

RKP5637

(67,112 posts) Wed Jul 13, 2016, 12:56 PM Jul 2016

FFS, Trump leads in Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/07/13/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-quinnipiac-poll-florida-ohio-pennsylvania/87021744/

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FFS, Trump leads in Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio! (Original Post) RKP5637 Jul 2016 OP

Oh noes!!! jcgoldie Jul 2016 #1

What is always concerning is how close these races can be despite all logic. And RKP5637 Jul 2016 #4

These polls have been debunked already Cali_Democrat Jul 2016 #2

Yep, often I think some, of course, are released just to sway public opinion. The source is RKP5637 Jul 2016 #6

It's Quinnipiac. JaneyVee Jul 2016 #3

538 gives them an A- with a 0.7 Republican lean Dawgs Jul 2016 #16

Ahem leftynyc Jul 2016 #5

Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2016 #7

OH SHIT THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!! MohRokTah Jul 2016 #8

To the shelters, quick!!! RKP5637 Jul 2016 #9

Don't believe the hype brush Jul 2016 #10

Nope, I don't. The swings of the polls are amazing if even valid. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2016 #12

No worries see nbc battlegrounds just out now vadermike Jul 2016 #11

Go Hillary!!! RKP5637 Jul 2016 #13

Quinnipiac, the folks who told us Mitt Romney would win in a landslide. Binkie The Clown Jul 2016 #14

Often I think they exist just to try to shift public opinion. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2016 #15

The media's ad rates depend on eyes viewing their programming. Which is more exciting, a KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #21

Exactly. The media doesn't slant left OR right. It slants toward money. n/t Binkie The Clown Jul 2016 #23

HRC and the hairpiece are TIED in PA (the hairpiece is NOT leading) niyad Jul 2016 #17

They have to do something MFM008 Jul 2016 #18

so true - they have lots of ad time to sell. rurallib Jul 2016 #19

New NBC polls today tell a different story especially in PA. book_worm Jul 2016 #20

I would freak... tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #22

jcgoldie

(11,662 posts)

1. Oh noes!!!

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 12:57 PM

Jul 2016

Everyone panic!

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

4. What is always concerning is how close these races can be despite all logic. And

Reply to jcgoldie (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 12:59 PM

Jul 2016

distorted unreliable polls.

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)

2. These polls have been debunked already

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 12:58 PM

Jul 2016

They under sampled minorities.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

6. Yep, often I think some, of course, are released just to sway public opinion. The source is

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:02 PM

Jul 2016

often nebulous and the numbers are often low. I've never been asked anything in a poll. The results are so skewed by who is doing the poll and the respondents that follow that source.

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

3. It's Quinnipiac.

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 12:58 PM

Jul 2016

Dawgs

(14,755 posts)

16. 538 gives them an A- with a 0.7 Republican lean

Reply to JaneyVee (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:58 PM

Jul 2016

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)

5. Ahem

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:00 PM

Jul 2016

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512252719

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

7. Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

Reply to leftynyc (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:04 PM

Jul 2016

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)

8. OH SHIT THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!!

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:04 PM

Jul 2016

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

9. To the shelters, quick!!!

Reply to MohRokTah (Reply #8)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:05 PM

Jul 2016

brush

(53,978 posts)

10. Don't believe the hype

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:21 PM

Jul 2016

This same polling outfit says 30% of Latinos favor Trump.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

12. Nope, I don't. The swings of the polls are amazing if even valid. n/t

Reply to brush (Reply #10)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:26 PM

Jul 2016

vadermike

(1,417 posts)

11. No worries see nbc battlegrounds just out now

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:23 PM

Jul 2016

Hilldog ahead!

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

13. Go Hillary!!!

Reply to vadermike (Reply #11)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:27 PM

Jul 2016

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

14. Quinnipiac, the folks who told us Mitt Romney would win in a landslide.

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:46 PM

Jul 2016

Oh yeah, we trust them. NOT!

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

15. Often I think they exist just to try to shift public opinion. n/t

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #14)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:54 PM

Jul 2016

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)

21. The media's ad rates depend on eyes viewing their programming. Which is more exciting, a

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #15)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 02:20 PM

Jul 2016

landslide of 1964 proportions in the making (the probable reality) or a neck-and-neck horse race for drawing viewers and thereby higher ad rates?

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

23. Exactly. The media doesn't slant left OR right. It slants toward money. n/t

Reply to KingCharlemagne (Reply #21)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 03:57 PM

Jul 2016

niyad

(113,961 posts)

17. HRC and the hairpiece are TIED in PA (the hairpiece is NOT leading)

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 02:02 PM

Jul 2016

MFM008

(19,837 posts)

18. They have to do something

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 02:07 PM

Jul 2016

To keep it a "race".

rurallib

(62,483 posts)

19. so true - they have lots of ad time to sell.

Reply to MFM008 (Reply #18)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 02:11 PM

Jul 2016

book_worm

(15,951 posts)

20. New NBC polls today tell a different story especially in PA.

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 02:14 PM

Jul 2016

tallahasseedem

(6,716 posts)

22. I would freak...

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 02:32 PM

Jul 2016

but the cross tabs are terrible. Lets just focus and GOTV. The media wants us to be demoralized!

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