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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Clinton ethics claim another victim as Rachel Maddow plays chart game [View all]Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)55. I think it's just to show that
the numbers simply aren't credible. How could you have 4% of people preferring Bernie a year ago, but 27% or so proclaiming they expected him to win at the same time? Massive numbers of people who planned to vote for Hillary back then expected Sanders to win? It's simply nonsense. Even among the 4% of people who preferred him a year ago, almost none of them expected him to win. A REAL chart of 'Who do you expect to win?' would have started off a year ago with Clinton at something like 98%, Bernie and O'Malley with maybe 1% apiece.
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Clinton ethics claim another victim as Rachel Maddow plays chart game [View all]
kristopher
Feb 2016
OP
Given that a year ago, Sanders only had something like 4% planning to vote for him nationally,
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2016
#53
Well, I guess I just assumed that people would be smart enough to relate the remarks to the charts.
kristopher
Feb 2016
#81
You obviously don't watch her show on a regular basis. If you had you would know that she's as far
politicaljunkie41910
Feb 2016
#66
I think the top chart is who people *expect* to win, according to NBC/SurveyMonkey,
thesquanderer
Feb 2016
#31
At least giver her some overalls to wear, wouldnt want to mess up her nice clothes.
randys1
Feb 2016
#5
If they are really in the tank, then they should be undadabus, unless they jump the shark
jberryhill
Feb 2016
#22
they do ask the question in polls about who do you think the dem nominee will be
questionseverything
Feb 2016
#11
Do me a favor then - would you mind finding the question and posting it here
kristopher
Feb 2016
#14
I used to think Rachel was one of the best, At least we still have Amy Goodman and Anna Kasparian.
jalan48
Feb 2016
#28
Funny you should be demanding ethics, considering your 2 charts measure different things.
SunSeeker
Feb 2016
#37
I agree. The OP is much ado nothing expect opportunity to once again hit on Hillary.
riversedge
Feb 2016
#84
"They" have decided Hillary will be the Democratic candidate, now just jump on their corrupt
Todays_Illusion
Feb 2016
#52
I'm beginning to see, why Randi Rhodes felt the way she did about Maddow and Franken. nt
Snotcicles
Feb 2016
#59
Even under that assumption, the top chart makes no sense if it the narrative is
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2016
#77