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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI know it is hard to not freak out over one poll but this is why you need to look at aggregates
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I know it is hard to not freak out over one poll but this is why you need to look at aggregates (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2016
OP
I'm more concerned the M$M consummate need for a "horse race" to push tRump as a viable ....
uponit7771
Sep 2016
#3
Polls show that the race is tightening and Trump is even ahead in the CNN poll.
serbbral
Sep 2016
#6
serbbral
(260 posts)1. I am not going to lie. I am worried.
lol, I'm not at all, the averages tell all.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)3. I'm more concerned the M$M consummate need for a "horse race" to push tRump as a viable ....
... choice instead of giving his shit stained actions the kind of attention they've given Clinton's emails.
serbbral
(260 posts)6. Polls show that the race is tightening and Trump is even ahead in the CNN poll.
However biased you think things are, I take NOTHING for granted. I hope not, but I will not be surprised if we have a President Trump.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)7. I wont be shocked either
Blue_Adept
(6,384 posts)4. National polls are the least thing to worry about
Because they're reflective of absolutely nothing when it comes to how voting is done.
The old adage will remain true; all politics is local.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)5. Well about reading some of the polls' methology
HRC got this.
serbbral
(260 posts)10. I am glad you are THAT confident. I pray you are right.
democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)8. The problem with aggregates is that they often lag behind
If there is some big story that might shift opinions significantly aggregates are slow to reflect it.
mcar
(42,210 posts)9. K&R