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DeadElephant_ORG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 10:23 AM Original message |
Poll question: Will the actual election be closer than the current polls? |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. The media has pushed Bush and Republicans for the last 8 years |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. Epic collapse. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. other reverse factor - cell phones not polled? nt |
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DeadElephant_ORG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. edited to include cell-phones as factor |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think it will be closer than the polls show |
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Schulzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. The polls are all over the place, in my opinion Obama will win the popular vote by about 5-7%. |
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nico818 (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think he will do better than the Polls. They aren't accounting for all the young/first time voters |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. Obama has succeeded in making me hopeful, but I'm far from cocky |
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jpljr77 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
9. Another factor pushing the total toward McCain: youth vote |
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DeadElephant_ORG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. so you think the polls are too optimistic because the youth might not show up. |
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jpljr77 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I think the statistical modeling used by pollsters is slightly... |
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DeadElephant_ORG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. so if some "jackass challenger" says you can't vote - who decides? What can you do? n/t |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. Are the polls reflecting all of the new registered voters? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. We'll never know. |
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DeadElephant_ORG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. jeez man. that gives me the shivers. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I remind myself of this a couple of times a day... |
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