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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The most accurate Iowa Democratic poll has just come out! [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)54. That's that direct, no-nonsense side I admire in him.
Sounds like he is not having any part of attempts of partisans to deride anything that doesn't show a clear win. If people who want Bernie come out in higher numbers than usual, as may well be the case, he will win the Iowa primary.
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I have edited my original post above to include links to a Politico article about accuracy
CajunBlazer
Jan 2016
#46
GO BERNIE!!!! SoundS fantastic to me. Going from zero to nearly tied is INCREDIBLE!
nc4bo
Jan 2016
#3
Actually they call enough young people with cell phones to get a good sample
CajunBlazer
Jan 2016
#45
It will be quite interesting to watch results. If general election is so close, I will need meds.
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#7
“I will take the Des Moines Register poll, which is the gold standard for polls in Iowa,”
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2016
#10
And where does O'Malley's 3% go when he fails to reach the 15% threshold?
thesquanderer
Jan 2016
#16
Just because the results are within the poll's Margin of Error (or MoE)....
CajunBlazer
Jan 2016
#39
That wasn't the Des Moines Register poll - The DMR poll was the only one to call that race right
CajunBlazer
Jan 2016
#29