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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: PPP poll Nov 14 Who Won DEM Debate? Clinton 67%, Sanders 20%, O'M 7% [View all]HerbChestnut
(3,649 posts)37. Not when they're researched on behalf of a candidate's SuperPAC, like this one.
It may turn out that people really do believe that Hillary won the debate tonight, but let's wait for polls that aren't financed by supporters of one side.
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PPP poll Nov 14 Who Won DEM Debate? Clinton 67%, Sanders 20%, O'M 7% [View all]
riversedge
Nov 2015
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Not when they're researched on behalf of a candidate's SuperPAC, like this one.
HerbChestnut
Nov 2015
#37
Answer - they prequalified the respondents and had them standing by for the followup.
brooklynite
Nov 2015
#44
Both Sanders and O'Malley were trying to land punches--they didn't do the job, though.
MADem
Nov 2015
#22
They devoted their energies toward tag teaming Hillary and were not focused on the
riversedge
Nov 2015
#20
That's it, exactly. It was almost like they were more interested in chipping off a bit than
MADem
Nov 2015
#30
Didja also notice they did not mention rotating the candidates in the questions?
jeff47
Nov 2015
#26
Yep. Was surprised to see that. Kind of undermines the PPP brand realizing who bought
think
Nov 2015
#21
Wow, somebody's going to be the laughingstock of the twitterverse. n/t
winter is coming
Nov 2015
#47
For crying out loud...this is the kind of manipulative stuff that gives politics a bad name...lol...
EndElectoral
Nov 2015
#42
You're saying PPP is unreliable, then? OK, we'll disregard anything positive they have to say
MADem
Nov 2015
#33
I read their report. Link's at the bottom of the press release quoted in the OP.
jeff47
Nov 2015
#53
I'm saying that polls conducted for a candidates SuperPAC tend to be rather biased
jfern
Nov 2015
#39
Are you actually inferring a Democratic candidate committed a felony?????????
MohRokTah
Nov 2015
#84
How could that poll say she won it handily and all these polls say the opposite?
Jarqui
Nov 2015
#43
When every website has a poll showing that Bernie won by a 70 point margin, it's absurd to ignore it
reformist2
Nov 2015
#46
In other words, you don't have any evidence there is something wrong with the poll
stevenleser
Nov 2015
#70
Those are not problems with the poll, they are lack of documentation so far
stevenleser
Nov 2015
#76
No the bullshit is desperately attacking the most reliable agency because you
stevenleser
Nov 2015
#78
b.s. 99% of those polled love 199% of what Clinton had to say and love supreme leader Kim Il Jong
Bread and Circus
Nov 2015
#86
The one inevitable post on DGP is that polls that folks don't agree with are bad polls....
Sancho
Nov 2015
#90
I gave Sanders the win for $15 Federal minimum wage hike, Mrs. Clintons $12 is NOT enough.
Sunlei
Nov 2015
#92