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Loki Liesmith

(4,602 posts)
Sun Sep 25, 2016, 11:05 AM Sep 2016

Any movement in this race over the last three weeks is an illusion

Look at this graph of poll outcomes vs when they are in the field:

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Position of poll on y axis is size of Clinton Lead.
Intensity of color of boxes is number of polls in field on that interval.
Length of boxes is the period over which the poll is taken.


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Any movement in this race over the last three weeks is an illusion (Original Post) Loki Liesmith Sep 2016 OP
All I can say or blurred out boxes, I can't really see much data. Farmgirl1961 Sep 2016 #1
length of boxes is the time over which the poll is taken Loki Liesmith Sep 2016 #2
Also can say Loki Liesmith Sep 2016 #3

Farmgirl1961

(1,493 posts)
1. All I can say or blurred out boxes, I can't really see much data.
Sun Sep 25, 2016, 11:08 AM
Sep 2016

N/t

I just kind a know what the upshot is. Is it more of a bad polls, or the media trying to make this a horse race, or in fact these last acts of violence acting in trumps favor.

Loki Liesmith

(4,602 posts)
2. length of boxes is the time over which the poll is taken
Sun Sep 25, 2016, 11:16 AM
Sep 2016

Position of poll on y axis is size of Clinton Lead. Intensity of color of boxes is number of polls in field on that interval.

This graphic says steady but small Clinton lead before convention to big Clinton lead after convention back to original Clinton lead now and for the last three weeks.

Nothing is changing. All movement is noise.

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