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TroyD

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20. Actually, I've been following RCP for months
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 08:19 PM
Oct 2012

And they always list Gallup & Rasmussen first.

They've been deliberately putting pro-Romney polls on top this week - that's why the Pew poll is there.

That is what i say. Remember the averages of polls scewed because they are... hrmjustin Oct 2012 #1
RCP isn't including the 7-day tracker in their average right now. tarheelsunc Oct 2012 #3
they are such scum. It figures that they wouldn't hrmjustin Oct 2012 #5
This is the first time I've seen RCP really fix the numbers though TroyD Oct 2012 #12
They always list the latest poll on top. former9thward Oct 2012 #16
"Not everything in life is a conspiracy." Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #18
Your next door neighbor. former9thward Oct 2012 #22
So that's what he did with $200 I loaned him!!!! Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #27
I only got $100. former9thward Oct 2012 #30
Probably donated it to Romney!!!!! Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #33
Actually, I've been following RCP for months TroyD Oct 2012 #20
Untrue. former9thward Oct 2012 #25
And Nate Silver SoFlaJet Oct 2012 #2
From 87% win chance to 78% in five days oswaldactedalone Oct 2012 #4
In other words from certainty to near certainty. Just chill everyone. RBInMaine Oct 2012 #7
it sounds like that number is bottoming out Doctor Jack Oct 2012 #15
Already down to 75.1% this afternoon... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #28
Maybe it's time to just sit back and ... frazzled Oct 2012 #6
Polls really mean nothing in the end. We have to get the vote out. Simple and Plain. southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #8
Yep. Just look at the $181 million he raised last month. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #29
I agree with you. Todd is an ass. We all have to show up at the polls and make them southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #34
Wait a minute. Before I went out for errands we were 50-45. Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 #9
Nate can be annoying sometimes TroyD Oct 2012 #10
His newest article is up budkin Oct 2012 #11
So Obama has dropped to 75% TroyD Oct 2012 #13
A win is a win Doctor Jack Oct 2012 #14
That's the most important thing of course TroyD Oct 2012 #19
Obama will never have a mandate modrepub Oct 2012 #23
Polls are used for one purpose obxhead Oct 2012 #17
It wasn't that long ago when the big doners were walking out on Mitt. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #21
'What Romney supporters don't get is this just pushes the ground game in the swing states for Obama' TroyD Oct 2012 #24
People see Romney get a bump and the Obama People double their efforts. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #26
The corporate big dogs really NEED a horse race. All that fundraising money, and the ad buys are MADem Oct 2012 #31
The national polls are skewed because of the almost even breakdown WCGreen Oct 2012 #32
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