Aything short of double digits is "too close to call" for me. (Reply #1)

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Wed Sep 7, 2016, 10:52 AM

FBaggins (24,618 posts)

1. Aything short of double digits is "too close to call" for me.

There have been too many elections globally in recent years that did not turn out as expected based on pre-election polling... and in almost every case it was those selling fears of muslim/terrorism/immigration/protectionism/etc. that outperformed expectations... often by several percentage points.

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31 replies	Author	Time	Post
Election 2016 – Too Close for Comfort [View all]	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	OP
Aything short of double digits is "too close to call" for me.	FBaggins	Sep 2016	#1
Ditto. Prollee a cheat underway. I do not believe anything is remotely close.	lonestarnot	Sep 2016	#6
Not close?	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#30
I keep waiting	daligirrl	Sep 2016	#2
I have observed much complacency on DU	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#5
Well, here's a little disturbance for you. The election	Hortensis	Sep 2016	#8
I hope they are right, but....	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#9
That's very wise, and I agree that the past cannot	Hortensis	Sep 2016	#10
I really don't see the benifit of one amateur supporter presuming....	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#12
I understand you don't like your message of concern	Hortensis	Sep 2016	#16
If you don't want to read the article, fine - just go to Nate Silver's website	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#20
CajunBlazer, we loved hearing the huge margins	Hortensis	Sep 2016	#21
I don't think we are very far apart	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#24
Well, I do agree. Except that we had no	Hortensis	Sep 2016	#26
Agree fully on all	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#28
Exactly how the media likes it	rock	Sep 2016	#3
That is not a rational answer	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#4
Somehow I feel that you make be slightly prejudice	rock	Sep 2016	#11
I am very prejudice towards "Cajun's Comments"	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#13
I'm starting to get nervous	Lsantos04	Sep 2016	#7
You're getting nervous over one poll?	DesertRat	Sep 2016	#14
The article about more than "just one poll"	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#15
It's going to be a wipeout. n/t	Lil Missy	Sep 2016	#17
Why should I believe that?	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#18
I don't care one iota whether you believe that.	Lil Missy	Sep 2016	#27
Fair enough - better question, why do you believe that?	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#29
Oh, you are back to spamming your own blog.	demmiblue	Sep 2016	#19
Check the DU rules	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#22
With all the push back you are getting, did you ever consider	William769	Sep 2016	#23
No, because I am not presenting my opinions, I am presenting facts	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#25
Update: Hillary's changes of winning the election fall to 68.8%	CajunBlazer	Sep 2016	#31

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