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2016 Postmortem

Zen Democrat

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2. I know elections aren't called until the polls close on election day, BUT ..

Reply to WI_DEM (Original post)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:00 PM

Oct 2012

at some point in early voting looking at the percentage of votes counted, where, and the percentage lead of one candidate over another can indicate the obvious.

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Ohio (Survey USA) Obama 47% Romney 44% (26% already voted favor Obama 58-39 [View all] WI_DEM Oct 2012 OP

is this new? woolldog Oct 2012 #1

It's new to me--and political wire put it on today, so I don't know. WI_DEM Oct 2012 #3

kk, ty nt woolldog Oct 2012 #6

This is today's poll Sugarcoated Oct 2012 #4

ty! woolldog Oct 2012 #7

I know elections aren't called until the polls close on election day, BUT .. Zen Democrat Oct 2012 #2

Ok DU'ERS help me out here I'm not good at math so can anyone figure these numbers out bigdarryl Oct 2012 #5

Well, we can't extrapolate off these numbers with any sort of mathematically certainty MSMITH33156 Oct 2012 #9

There has been no volatility in the Ohio race in the last month or so. speedoo Oct 2012 #8

I agree. WI_DEM Oct 2012 #10

Obama's firewall should be Ohio, Wis, Michigan and Iowa or Nevada ncav53 Oct 2012 #11