TPM says that its voters "self select" for tending Democratic, (Reply #23)

In the discussion thread: TPM Poll: Bernie Sanders (44.8%) Hillary Clinton (36.6%) Martin O'Malley (1%) [View all]

Mon Jul 27, 2015, 01:59 AM

delrem (9,688 posts)

23. TPM says that its voters "self select" for tending Democratic,

vs. Republican, and tend in their willy-nilly use of the word "center" to be "more center-left than left-left", which is argyllbargle.

Then it says of these voters that "these are, like all "opinion leaders", very politically active and well read and they talk to other people about politics a lot." That sentence has no other purpose than to massage the egos of their readers, their customer base. It's just marketing.

If these voters are so smart, how is this distribution possible:
"On who they think will win the numbers are dramatically different ..
Hillary Clinton (78%)
Bernie Sanders (16.5%)"

That reads to me that TPM's voters buy into the "inevitably - because $$$" myth. A myth that was in effect "pre-sold" on this campaign season. To me that means that their predominant characteristic is acquiescence to being chattel with little or no self-volition, politically -- rather than having any real will to fight it.

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43 replies	Author	Time	Post
TPM Poll: Bernie Sanders (44.8%) Hillary Clinton (36.6%) Martin O'Malley (1%) [View all]	kpete	Jul 2015	OP
Why Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go	cantbeserious	Jul 2015	#1
That's a great argument...	DemocratSinceBirth	Jul 2015	#2
How do you campaign for your candidate? I just tell them about	sabrina 1	Jul 2015	#14
Yup!	kenfrequed	Jul 2015	#27
Without a doubt	madokie	Jul 2015	#41
Or, like every political blog poll, it's a self-selecting representation of a minority voting niche	brooklynite	Jul 2015	#3
Depends upon what you think is "in the real world"...	MrMickeysMom	Jul 2015	#6
I'm not arguing about HOW people in the real world have come to their decisions...	brooklynite	Jul 2015	#9
But I don't think that survey means what the person citing to it, and those rec'ing it ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2015	#31
I have the same opinion as the majority at TPM	LondonReign2	Jul 2015	#33
...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2015	#34
Adding words to my quote? Really?	LondonReign2	Jul 2015	#35
Sorry, I should have bolded it and indicated my editorial; but, I was on my phone at the time ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2015	#36
Thank you. nt	LondonReign2	Jul 2015	#43
is this for new Hampshire ?	JI7	Jul 2015	#4
It's for TPM readers	DemocratSinceBirth	Jul 2015	#5
Actually they may be smarter than you think	OKNancy	Jul 2015	#7
I already conceded they are the smart ones.	DemocratSinceBirth	Jul 2015	#8
"Bernie can't win"	CoffeeCat	Jul 2015	#13
it is hillary who can't win	restorefreedom	Jul 2015	#18
The people polled by TPM disagree with you ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2015	#32
the polls seem to not to be congealing	restorefreedom	Jul 2015	#37
Well ... That certainly is one way to interpret the polling data.	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2015	#38
clearly we have been looking at different polls. nt	restorefreedom	Jul 2015	#39
Clearly ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2015	#42
President Kucinich likes this poll...nt	SidDithers	Jul 2015	#10
What about President Gore?	zentrum	Jul 2015	#12
They have company.	okasha	Jul 2015	#40
Certainly not representative of a cross-section of the electorate, but this is interesting:	George II	Jul 2015	#11
K&R!	Katashi_itto	Jul 2015	#15
You left off a bit there Pete.....	BooScout	Jul 2015	#16
It seems that all this primary election is going to provide	heaven05	Jul 2015	#17
Isnt this a web poll?	moobu2	Jul 2015	#19
It's a poll of the membership at Talking Points Memo.	Maedhros	Jul 2015	#28
What was the methodology?	Adrahil	Jul 2015	#20
Recommended. nt	Zorra	Jul 2015	#21
Bernie will win!	True_Blue	Jul 2015	#22
TPM says that its voters "self select" for tending Democratic,	delrem	Jul 2015	#23
What is the margin of error?	Freddie Stubbs	Jul 2015	#24
About 100%	Adrahil	Jul 2015	#25
‘Long shot’ Kucinich scores 77% in independent voter poll	Freddie Stubbs	Jul 2015	#26
Hillary started the 2008 primary campaign 50 points ahead before she even took off her coat.	AtomicKitten	Jul 2015	#29
I think the point to be made is that politically astute liberals/progressives	Maedhros	Jul 2015	#30

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