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2016 Postmortem

MSMITH33156

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7. People can say what they want about polls...

Reply to TroyD (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:01 PM

Oct 2012

...but you can always follow the money and the strategy. When Romney pulled his staff out of Pennsylvania and moved it to Ohio, it meant 2 things:

1) They have no chance in Pennsylvania.
2) That whatever plan they had for Ohio wasn't working.

If everything was going according to their intended plan, they wouldn't have restructured in Ohio. I think they realized that not only were they behind in Ohio, but they were greatly outflanked in terms of ground game. Romney is in deep shit in Ohio and everyone knows it.

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SurveyUSA has Obama (+3) in OHIO; Obama (+19) with early voters [View all] TroyD Oct 2012 OP

Aren't all the other pollsters supposed to know that gallup says Romney is up by 6%. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #1

I think the most damning thing about this poll is that Romney barely clears 40%... Drunken Irishman Oct 2012 #2

He has lost Ohio but will never pull out Maximumnegro Oct 2012 #10

57% to 38% in early voting. Jennicut Oct 2012 #3

Last week's SurveyUSA OHIO poll was Obama (+1) TroyD Oct 2012 #4

I want to see polling after the two remaining debates bigdarryl Oct 2012 #5

SurveyUSA, like PPP shows that the *Current* polling is close in OHIO TroyD Oct 2012 #6

For Romney to win Ohio Maximumnegro Oct 2012 #9

People can say what they want about polls... MSMITH33156 Oct 2012 #7

Good news--and this was all completed before last night. WI_DEM Oct 2012 #8

WI_DEM teabaggersarestupid Oct 2012 #12

What percentage of registered voters have already voted in Ohio? VirginiaTarheel Oct 2012 #11

OK the take away Tutonic Oct 2012 #13

Romney Has To JiminyJominy Oct 2012 #14