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Attorney in Texas

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30. Polls are polls. You can like them or dislike them, but in the end, they are just a data point. If
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 12:27 AM
Dec 2015

want a sign that a campaign is heading in the right direction, a favorable poll can serve that function.

If you want proof that one candidate or another has already won an election over a month before the first votes are cast, then you don't know how to use polling.

Bernie is a neighbor of sorts to saltpoint Dec 2015 #1
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
True. The state borders feel (and are) saltpoint Dec 2015 #5
And Sanders was born in NY unlike Hillary (Illinois). nt valerief Dec 2015 #8
This poll generally really likes Bernie Dem2 Dec 2015 #2
Funny how the most reliable polls like Sanders best Attorney in Texas Dec 2015 #23
I wouldn't call it "funny" Dem2 Dec 2015 #25
There have been a lot of sleazy, junk polls out there CoffeeCat Dec 2015 #31
So long as the unreliable polls do not discourage the Sanders campaign workers on the ground in Iowa Attorney in Texas Dec 2015 #34
Wow! Punkingal Dec 2015 #3
Wait, do we like corporate polls now or not? JaneyVee Dec 2015 #6
Only if they show Bernie leading. leftofcool Dec 2015 #7
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
I rest my case. JaneyVee Dec 2015 #10
Moe in Iowa poll is +/- 8.6%, NH +/- 7.5% emulatorloo Dec 2015 #29
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
Appreciate the time you took to put that together. Very helpful. emulatorloo Dec 2015 #33
+1 treestar Dec 2015 #15
As Dem2 has pointed out... BlueCheese Dec 2015 #11
Other way around HerbChestnut Dec 2015 #13
We're both wrong. BlueCheese Dec 2015 #14
Oh my goodness I thought this was the Iowa thread! HerbChestnut Dec 2015 #17
Actually, Sanders does better in the more reliable polls, and Clinton gets a boost from crap polling Attorney in Texas Dec 2015 #16
That is amazingly instructive. Thank you so much for that. Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #38
Wonderful! Love this, thanks! peacebird Dec 2015 #41
Wow. Now DWS's Freakout Friday is making a whole lot more sense... reformist2 Dec 2015 #12
Anyone who lived through Clinton 2008 has GOT to be feeling pants-shitting levels of deja vu Attorney in Texas Dec 2015 #22
"Pants-shitting levels of deja vu"! kath Dec 2015 #24
That reflects what I'm seeing on the ground. Vinca Dec 2015 #18
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
Just to be clear -- Polls can be trusted now? brooklynite Dec 2015 #20
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
Go Bernie Go!! grasswire Dec 2015 #27
So now corporate polls are liked by the Bernistas? Dawson Leery Dec 2015 #28
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
It's only anecdotal, of course... but here in my very red pocket of a red state, I've seen TONS AzDar Dec 2015 #35
I have been saying that all along Samantha Dec 2015 #40
And he did it w/a virtual media blackout and no corporate donations, either. senz Dec 2015 #37
That says a hell of a lot about Sanders' grassroots support! Attorney in Texas Dec 2015 #42
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