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Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts) Thu Mar 5, 2015, 02:23 PM Mar 2015

fun historic facts: here are two Democratic nominee presidential preference polls - 75 and 91

and here is one from 1975:

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/a-brief-history-of-primary-polling-part-ii/?_r=0

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fun historic facts: here are two Democratic nominee presidential preference polls - 75 and 91 (Original Post) Douglas Carpenter Mar 2015 OP

for information only Douglas Carpenter Mar 2015 #1

1992... wow I'd take anyone in that field over George W. Bush :) Johonny Mar 2015 #2

I suppose I would too Douglas Carpenter Mar 2015 #3

Crazy both were so far down - but they had a huge opening. Drunken Irishman Mar 2015 #4

Thank you DLnyc Mar 2015 #5

Ew. George Wallace. nt Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2015 #6

Run, Jesse, Run! CanadaexPat Mar 2015 #7

Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts)

1. for information only

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2015, 02:43 PM

Mar 2015

Johonny

(20,833 posts)

2. 1992... wow I'd take anyone in that field over George W. Bush :)

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2015, 02:48 PM

Mar 2015

The 2016 field doesn't feel as strong as that one.

Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts)

3. I suppose I would too

Reply to Johonny (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 5, 2015, 03:07 PM

Mar 2015

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

4. Crazy both were so far down - but they had a huge opening.

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2015, 03:27 PM

Mar 2015

No candidate was really running away with either primary. George Wallace holding only 19% support meant that 80% of Democrats were willing to support someone else - pretty much the same in 1992.

DLnyc

(2,479 posts)

5. Thank you

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2015, 04:08 PM

Mar 2015

Polls at almost 2 years out really don't predict much, as far as I can remember.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,173 posts)

6. Ew. George Wallace. nt

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2015, 04:10 PM

Mar 2015

CanadaexPat

(496 posts)

7. Run, Jesse, Run!

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2015, 07:23 PM

Mar 2015

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