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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:05 PM Original message |
Obama was up double digits in the polls |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Polls must have a wee bit more 'margin of error' than they let on |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. The polls were just wrong. |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. I guess they modeled his voters wrong |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is an enormous failure of polling. |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:08 PM Original message |
More likely an enormous failure of electronic voting machines w/ no paper trail |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. No proof of that yet. |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Only wild deviations in ONLY Obama & Clinton numbers, but not in any other races |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. The sample was from younger voters |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. How in the world do you figure that? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. "What happened?" |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Not unless they had horrible sampling my guess is: |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. All I have to say is Diebold. |
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KennedyGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. was it Diebold in Iowa too? |
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elizm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Body counts in Iowa. But nice try. nt |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. They didn't use Optical Scanning in Iowa. n/t |
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Superman Returns (804 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. women |
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RoveRage (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Sympathy? Yeah, that'll win a general election. |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. Ignore all polls |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Not if they are done right |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. What happened? Hillary cried. |
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Doofer (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. Obama was up double digits in the polls |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. Part of the fun and excitement of politics is the unpredictability of the electorate |
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NOVA_Dem (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
21. My friend from work told me Obama was going to lose NH and here's why... |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Exactly.. what you said last. Smells, doesn't it? |
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NOVA_Dem (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I think you're going to see a lot people hiding behind the "gender" gap n/t |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. This is what happened to Doug Wilder (the first black gov) |
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NOVA_Dem (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I guess when you're alone in that booth....n/t |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. This shift is unprecedented in modern times |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. I hope this tells people how fucked up |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. What is the amount of shift between the polls and the actual numbers? |
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