and those facts are useless without context (Reply #38)

In the discussion thread: Is there any truth to this MSNBC article that just came out? [View all]

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 05:57 PM

dsc (49,088 posts)

38. and those facts are useless without context

what are the numbers usually? The author of the piece hasn't told us. Now, if I woke up tomorrow and were 250 lbs I would be very happy because it would represent my losing weight. That likely wouldn't be true of say Ryan Gossling. context matters.

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39 replies	Author	Time	Post
Is there any truth to this MSNBC article that just came out? [View all]	bearsfootball516	Oct 2018	OP
Dunno.Jon Raltson NV early voting update for 10.21.18	elleng	Oct 2018	#1
This is for Clark County, which is heavily Democratic...	brooklynite	Oct 2018	#22
I'm fading MSNBC	TwistOneUp	Oct 2018	#2
And pretty easy for MSNBC to say "no".	brooklynite	Oct 2018	#20
It is a badly written article to get people's	gabeana	Oct 2018	#32
It's a horse race!	GeorgeGist	Oct 2018	#3
Lol exactly. I just don't get the numbers.	bearsfootball516	Oct 2018	#4
Reading thru the story..NBC got info from Targetsmart....Tom Bonier CEO..	asiliveandbreathe	Oct 2018	#14
Much if not most of it is absentee ballots.	kstewart33	Oct 2018	#37
most of those states only opened early voting today, they must be talking absentee ballots...	sunonmars	Oct 2018	#5
That would make a lot of sense, considering absentees go pretty decisively republican.	bearsfootball516	Oct 2018	#6
That's the case in Florida	YessirAtsaFact	Oct 2018	#26
Uh - they're ONLY talking about RED STATES	leftynyc	Oct 2018	#7
This exactly.....	sunonmars	Oct 2018	#8
Wish I could rec this. Thank you!!	bearsfootball516	Oct 2018	#9
That is also my understanding	ismnotwasm	Oct 2018	#11
While true....we need to switch these decisivley....this article isn't a plus for us	AncientGeezer	Oct 2018	#15
It's meaningless	leftynyc	Oct 2018	#16
I didn't panic in '16 until 11pm election night...how did that work out?	AncientGeezer	Oct 2018	#19
Like I said	leftynyc	Oct 2018	#36
Um, these are the States where we actually have to win...	brooklynite	Oct 2018	#23
Ummm.... early voting started this morming in FL	obamanut2012	Oct 2018	#27
OMG	kcr	Oct 2018	#34
and those facts are useless without context	dsc	Oct 2018	#38
Some republicans are voting for democratic candidates.	mfcorey1	Oct 2018	#10
Why?	Horizens	Oct 2018	#12
No......	a kennedy	Oct 2018	#13
Nope not bizarre per usual	qazplm135	Oct 2018	#17
We started today in FL	obamanut2012	Oct 2018	#28
Or feel depressed and stay home thinking it's all over. That's what these articles are for.	kcr	Oct 2018	#35
In a general election, "registered" republicans won't necessarily vote for the republican.	PSPS	Oct 2018	#18
100 percent cooked to support the horse race narrative	BannonsLiver	Oct 2018	#21
You didn't actually bother to research the data, did you...	brooklynite	Oct 2018	#24
Except the "data" is incomplete clickbait	obamanut2012	Oct 2018	#29
Hope those independents are swinging our way.	sinkingfeeling	Oct 2018	#25
If this is true, I hope we GOTV like never before	Mr. Ected	Oct 2018	#30
It's going to be a close election	Azathoth	Oct 2018	#31
Someone in another thread pointed out that the numbers	Blue_true	Oct 2018	#33
The article is talking mostly about absentee voting, and R's always predominate in that. n/t	pnwmom	Oct 2018	#39

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