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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:14 PM Original message |
Why are the polls saying one thing and pundits another about November? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because pundits are hoping to persuade non-thinking voters to... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. agreed |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Otherwise the Pundits might be proven wrong. They have been |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Plus, their parent companies love Republican policies. nt |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. polls are numbers...they may be skewed but they're numbers. pundits ALL have opinions. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Some people vote for who they think will win |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. A lot of the media is owned or being paid by the GOP - they are liars...nt |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. exactly...their job is to convince gullibles to use their vote for the sure 'winner' |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. The polls actually look HORRIBLE for Democrats. The polls look much worse than 1994. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I thought the Teabagger candidates scared off or split off the Moderate Republicans? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. No, they didn't. There are few if any districts where there is a teabagger 3rd party. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because when asking likely voters in a poll, Republicans are ahead... |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. What polls are you looking at? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. The polls are worse than 1994 |
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Betty Karlson (902 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Is that a good thing? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I don't think so - but I don't want to detract from the GOTV calls |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. So 1788. |
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babsbunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. When the elections are stolen |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
17. I KNOW IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. Everything, polls & pundits, have the Dems losing in November. What polls are YOU seeing? |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. Because pundits get their paychecks from corporations... |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
22. Please show me these polls, because everyday I'm trying to find them |
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