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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:03 PM Original message |
Harry S Truman on the polls of 1948--all of which predicted a big GOP win |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. The famous Dewey Defeats Truman... |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Told you those poll takers stand around in the republican |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I was only a kid then but I remember the head line |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was a young kid too and was very impressed with the word |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh please don't go there yet WI_DEM |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. they stopped polling that race in the summer while Dewey was still up. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You got it! See my following post, craig. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. 'The Truman victory |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. So even then polls worked to influence public sentiment. |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Poor people didn't have phones then |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Many today have disconnected lines. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. You may be thinking of an 'older' time. That was an issue in the '30s |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. Comparing 1948 polling with 2010 polling is silly |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I've seen Obama prove polls wrong for 6 years now. |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. The difference is that a day before the election, everyone knew Obama would win |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Then let's only do polls the day before the election |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 03:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. You fail to see the point |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Right. Check out DU or any liberal writer or commentator |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Polling right before the election showed he had well over the 276 EV needed |
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Mefistofeles (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Wrong. An average of polls had Obama up by 7.6% against McCain |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. My mom told me about the election in 1948. |
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Mefistofeles (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. self-delete |
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