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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Rasmussen Reports: Sanders Gains Big As Clinton Falls [View all]Garrett78
(10,721 posts)31. None of which...
changes the fact that the link you posted refutes the OP. The OP is about the rise and fall of primary polling numbers. Period. That's all it is. Your link was to a poll that is unrelated and irrelevant to the OP. And the points you just made are irrelevant to that point.
Again, you can argue that the OP isn't very meaningful (as you're doing, for example, with your 3rd point above) and that Rasmussen doesn't have a strong reputation (though numerous other polls also show that Sanders is polling higher than he once did and that Clinton is polling lower than she once did). But you can't argue that your link was related or relevant, because it simply isn't.
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Well played, from the grand rhetorical tradition of "I know you are but what am I".......
Indepatriot
Aug 2015
#48
Sanders does not attack other candidates, does not say negative things about them
JDPriestly
Aug 2015
#52
It's no longer just outliers showing Bernie's increasing poll numbers. One you could dismiss, but
sabrina 1
Aug 2015
#3
In the long term, that's probably more important than anything Bernie himself might do in office.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Aug 2015
#27
Do you not understand how statistical analysis works? You know you don't need poll millions
Ed Suspicious
Aug 2015
#11
I share your cynicism. Most posters now cheerleading the Rasmussen poll would, too, if their
BlueCaliDem
Aug 2015
#51
Hillary only down 9pts from Jan. and 26 pts ahead of Sanders should be the headline.
riversedge
Aug 2015
#5
Great news! Especially considering Bernie gets virtually no MSM coverage whatsoever.
Zorra
Aug 2015
#7
I would say that Sanders closing 29 points (HRC down 9, BS up 20) has to have them just a little
Indepatriot
Aug 2015
#50