The media is pulling out all the stops to get the Democrats and sensible Independents to the polls

[Binkie The Clown]

Last edited Wed Oct 26, 2016, 10:03 PM - Edit history (1)

These polls showing Trump gaining on Clinton are doing us a big favor by motivating people to get out and vote.

It might even be deliberate with the intention of shaking up those complacent people who might sit out the election if they thought Hillary had it in the bag already.

[awake]

1. Yes this is good news

[Foggyhill]

2. What fucking gains, there is no gsins

They're exploiting the fact no one understands polling and latching to a poll on a lower bound of the margin of error

Not only that, the tendency to produce avalanches of quick polls with dubious sampling at certain times (before debates) ( before election) tends to produce biased polling which makes the whole polls dubious

Anyone who thinks people are changing their minds day to day are just crazy

[still_one]

3. It may be the effect, but there is no way it is deliberate. The "MEDIA" is not our friend

[Demsrule86]

4. There are no real gains and it is just the opposite...people who think they will win vote for

winners...if a candidate is believed to be losing his totals go down...it demoralizes the vote which is what the media is really attempting.

[Dawson Leery]

5. One poll (NBC) with bad internals.

[enough]

6. They're not doing it on purpose, but it will have that effect, I think. (nt)

[Dem2]

7. Well, if this is something that keeps people from being overconfident

then I'm all for it.

For the record, though, nothing beyond a "squint the eyes" difference in polling averages has emerged in the past week or so.

Edit: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-is-the-presidential-race-tightening/?ex_cid=2016-forecast

[hedda_foil]

8. Democratic is an adjective. Democrat is a noun.

Mineral Man explained it all in a post earlier today.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512545981

Please do not use "Democrat" as an adjective on DU.

That usage was promoted by Newt Gingrich as a minimizing agitprop strategy back in the 1990s.

Democrat is a noun. Democratic is an adjective.

Democrats vote. Democratic voters vote. Democrat voters do not exist.

There is no Democrat Party. Democrat is a noun. The correct form is Democratic Party.

There are no Democrat legislators. There are Democratic legislators, Congress members and Senators. Democrat is a noun, not an adjective.

There has never been a Democrat President. There have been several Democratic Presidents.

This rule should be strictly followed by Democrats when referring to other Democrats. We need to get it right, each time and every time. Otherwise Newt Gingrich wins.

Democrat is a noun. Democratic is an adjective.

And there is no such word.as "Democratics."