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Ari Melber on the myth of the "independent" "swing vote" (Original Post)
EleanorR
Jan 2020
OP
There's at least a 10% undecided part of any poll on any candidate or policy ...
marble falls
Jan 2020
#1
Ari is referring here to the so-called "independent" Republican Senators in the impeachment trial,
scarletwoman
Jan 2020
#5
marble falls
(57,647 posts)1. There's at least a 10% undecided part of any poll on any candidate or policy ...
maybe because I was partisan to the max on any candidate or policy when I was younger, but I don't remember this many undecideds at this point.
We whip up energy and turn out like the majority we are, we just may take the Senate.
EleanorR
(2,397 posts)2. I think he's talking about collins and the sham in the senate
marble falls
(57,647 posts)3. I think the undecided are a swing vote, I am more surprised by the ...
number of undecided than I am by the irreducible fraction that is the basket of deplorables.
We just don't know how they'll swing.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)5. Ari is referring here to the so-called "independent" Republican Senators in the impeachment trial,
who've teased about maybe voting for witnesses.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)4. Well put, Ari. (nt)
Iggo
(47,603 posts)6. They're not independent. They're just afraid to say it out loud.
You can guess how every person who tells you s/he's independent is gonna vote, and I bet you'd be batting about .900.