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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: New CBS News New Hampshire poll -- Sanders CRUSHING at 56% to Clinton 42% for a 14% lead! [View all]still_one
(92,187 posts)26. I will wait until other pollesters confirm the YouGov pollster. I question their online metholdogy,
Two days ago the polls indicated a 2 point difference in NH.
I will reserve judgement until other polls come out confirming this or not
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New CBS News New Hampshire poll -- Sanders CRUSHING at 56% to Clinton 42% for a 14% lead! [View all]
Attorney in Texas
Dec 2015
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NY is 50 miles from NH and I seem to recall that Clinton was a Senator from NY so it is not like she
Attorney in Texas
Dec 2015
#4
So long as the unreliable polls do not discourage the Sanders campaign workers on the ground in Iowa
Attorney in Texas
Dec 2015
#34
We don't like polls used to coronate a queen before the votes have been cast. We like polls used as
Attorney in Texas
Dec 2015
#9
CBS's margin of error is in the range of 95% confidence so it is inherently a conservative figure.
Attorney in Texas
Dec 2015
#32
Actually, Sanders does better in the more reliable polls, and Clinton gets a boost from crap polling
Attorney in Texas
Dec 2015
#16
Anyone who lived through Clinton 2008 has GOT to be feeling pants-shitting levels of deja vu
Attorney in Texas
Dec 2015
#22
The view from the ground is usually more accurate than the view from the pollsters. I like it best
Attorney in Texas
Dec 2015
#19
Depends what you use them for. A poll can't be used to call a race 6 weeks before the votes are cast
Attorney in Texas
Dec 2015
#21
I will wait until other pollesters confirm the YouGov pollster. I question their online metholdogy,
still_one
Dec 2015
#26
Just 10 days ago, the CNN poll put Sanders' New Hampshire lead at 10%
Attorney in Texas
Dec 2015
#36
two days ago another poll had Bernie with a 2% lead. I will wait for confirmation with other polls
still_one
Dec 2015
#39
Polls are polls. You can like them or dislike them, but in the end, they are just a data point. If
Attorney in Texas
Dec 2015
#30