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Polls are the best we have, trust the science and look at multiple polls. If one is behind the worst candidate in Silent Type Jul 8 #1
Meaningless polls aren't all we have. W_HAMILTON Jul 8 #9
Polls arent meant to be predictive. They're meant to be snapshots. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 8 #26
Talk about blinders BootinUp Jul 8 #12
Sorry, I'm not going dream my way into another election like 2016. Silent Type Jul 8 #14
You can do whatever you like, I will try BootinUp Jul 8 #15
I'm doing the same. Main thing I'm stuck on right now is we are running against the worst candidate ever, and still Silent Type Jul 8 #17
Poll respondents will eventually catch up BootinUp Jul 8 #19
Hope so. Some marginal Democrats might not show up too. Undecideds might skew Silent Type Jul 8 #20
Relying on polls this far out is falling down a rabbit hole coated in bullshit. They are PREDICTIVE of NOTHING. Deek1935 Jul 8 #22
So is sticking your head in the rabbit hole. Silent Type Jul 8 #24
+1. Polling data - especially the polling averages - are a fairly reliable metric radius777 Jul 9 #29
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Yeah, right. Silent Type Jul 8 #23
I don't trust polls that much, it's like horse racing, go by past performances Walleye Jul 8 #2
At this point in 1988, Dukakis was up 17 points over Bush1 Doc Sportello Jul 8 #3
Was that before or after Dukakis didn't look so cool in the tank photo? Superficial I know, but that is Silent Type Jul 8 #6
Perhaps you could google that Doc Sportello Jul 8 #7
What if the polls are wrong and we are further behind? Silent Type Jul 8 #8
OMG!!!! Doc Sportello Jul 8 #10
What makes you think I'm not working for a Democratic victory? So, you don't think polls could be wrong the other way? Silent Type Jul 8 #13
So you're multitasking? Doc Sportello Jul 8 #16
LOL. Silent Type Jul 8 #18
Even more of a reason for us not to give a damn about them. W_HAMILTON Jul 8 #11
You don't know how American presidential elections actually work. In the end people vote on Deek1935 Jul 8 #25
That's my opinion, although I am not a self-proclaimed expert in elections like you. Silent Type Jul 8 #28
Democrats have been way out performing polls the last few cycles OhZone Jul 8 #4
Yeah! You tell 'em!!1 BannonsLiver Jul 8 #5
Not true. former9thward Jul 8 #27
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