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GulfCoast66

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5. Actually Hillary was not doing that great. I love her. But that's the truth.

Reply to Doreen (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 15, 2020, 10:31 PM

Oct 2020

She never came that close to 50% and the final count was within the polls margins of Error. She was up 2-3 and won the popular vote by 2. No one was talking about the EC like we do now.

We had shitty turnout. You can make an argument that was due to Russia, but there were so many other factors in play.

The media and Republicans have spun the tale that trump winning was a real shocker. While he had to thread the needle it was by no means shocking if you read dispassionate pollsters. Yeah, we were emotionally shocked. But most of us are not dispassionate at all.

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Regarding Trump's probability of winning.. [View all] Le Roi de Pot Oct 2020 OP

Trump probably lost some of the probability tonight. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2020 #1

Oh hell no . . Iliyah Oct 2020 #2

Great analogy! I see a lot of these simple posts which don't really relate Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #3

I hate to sound like a broken record BUT what worries me Doreen Oct 2020 #4

Actually Hillary was not doing that great. I love her. But that's the truth. GulfCoast66 Oct 2020 #5