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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Brand Spanking New Ipsos Reuters Likely Democratic Voter Poll-HRC 77% SBS 17% MOM 3% [View all]moobu2
(4,822 posts)129. polling is meaningless
unless it shows Berne ahead then it's the law of the land...Facebook polls especially.
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DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2015
OP
Look at the date cutoff, it's different. Reuters didn't poll some of the days on the weekend.
anti partisan
Dec 2015
#137
Low sample size and cherry picking. Can also put Bernie ahead w/cherry pick (see below posts)
anti partisan
Dec 2015
#138
Yes, I think the ANGER has a lot to do with it. It never seemed like a very desirable quality to me.
NurseJackie
Dec 2015
#16
Okay. I'll trust that professional polling organizations know what they're doing.
NurseJackie
Dec 2015
#25
When you apply the likely Democratic primary voter filter you remove virtually all young people
Bjorn Against
Dec 2015
#47
The numbers presented in the OP show less that 1% of the sample was 18-29 years old
Bjorn Against
Dec 2015
#90
yup. i take it in small doses, and take long breaks too. someday will stop completely. nt
restorefreedom
Dec 2015
#80
K&R The needless antagonizing of the AA community by some here has me K&R more pro-Hillary
Number23
Dec 2015
#87
With any luck all this unpleasantness will be over sooner than later.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2015
#108
It's easy to come to that conclusion based on what goes on inside the walls of this fortress.
NurseJackie
Dec 2015
#105
Nate Silver suggests Nationwide polling is pretty much worthless right now
Quixote1818
Dec 2015
#118
Thats his opinion on outcome based on an educated guess but the polling is still meaningless
Quixote1818
Dec 2015
#123
Trump is at 35% in aggregate nat'l polling, Hillary is at 57% in aggregate nat'l polling
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2015
#124
National polling tells you nothing about how the State races will turn out...
brooklynite
Dec 2015
#133