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Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 08:35 AM Sep 2016

PPP is Tweeting that they have a decent poll for Clinton in VA coming out today

Claims that on a 1-10 happiness scale for Democrats, this one will rank in at a 7-8. So let's speculate on what margin that translates to! Winner gets a kudos after results are revealed.

I'm going with Clinton at +9.

Link to the Tweet: https://twitter.com/ppppolls/status/775432884266164224

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PPP is Tweeting that they have a decent poll for Clinton in VA coming out today (Original Post) Godhumor Sep 2016 OP
I will be curious when the polling was done bradla24 Sep 2016 #1
Welcome to DU alcibiades_mystery Sep 2016 #2
I don't say this much considering my background, but you really just need to ignore the LAT Godhumor Sep 2016 #3
It's a Virginia poll book_worm Sep 2016 #4
Virginia n/t Godhumor Sep 2016 #5
thanks. book_worm Sep 2016 #6
We'll see if it is 7-8 points. PPP is reading by Tweeting that D's should be a 7-8 in happiness Godhumor Sep 2016 #7
Yeah more proof this race is not close. RAFisher Sep 2016 #8
270 STATES? MoonRiver Sep 2016 #10
I was wonderng when that was coming out democrattotheend Sep 2016 #9

bradla24

(16 posts)
1. I will be curious when the polling was done
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 08:41 AM
Sep 2016

In my opinion, the last three days have been bad for our side. While i understand that damn la times dorsife poll is a panel and is flawed, look at the direction it has gone the last few days. Nothing but negative coverage for her.

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
3. I don't say this much considering my background, but you really just need to ignore the LAT
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 08:49 AM
Sep 2016

Since it is panel of repeat respondents and they only contact a random 1/7 of the respondents each time it is literally impossible to suss out a trend. Each result is just dependent on what the make up of the 1/7 contacted is for that day. So, it manages to straddle the line between can't get a random sample trend (The total population selected from is not random.) and can't track any change of sentiment within one group (As they keep calling different preselected respondents.).

It is an interesting experiment, but completely and entirely dependent on the initial panel selected and with horrifically bad trend controls on top of that.

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
4. It's a Virginia poll
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 08:51 AM
Sep 2016

That's good news if it's a 7-8 point lead given that HRC has stopped advertising and Trump poured a bunch of money into the state recently.

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
7. We'll see if it is 7-8 points. PPP is reading by Tweeting that D's should be a 7-8 in happiness
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 09:04 AM
Sep 2016

So today we find out the actual spread, but on a happiness level we should be pretty happy with the result.

PPP Twitter is pretty fun to follow.

RAFisher

(466 posts)
8. Yeah more proof this race is not close.
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 09:46 AM
Sep 2016

Clinton has over 270 states that are soilid or lean blue. I'm not saying it's over but every poll just seems to confirm Trump can't pick off any of these states.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
9. I was wonderng when that was coming out
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 10:47 AM
Sep 2016

They mentioned they were doing it last week. 7-8 in Virginia is pretty solid. It's crazy how that state has gone from a long shot swing state to a likely Dem state in just 8 years.

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