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TruthIsAll
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Sun Dec-05-04 11:21 AM Original message |
Why is it that exit polls since 1988 have ALL overstated the Dem vote? |
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papau
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Sun Dec-05-04 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. I agree..........................OCCAM'S RAZOR = F-R-A-U-D |
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Occam's Razor does equal fraud - but Occam's Razor is not useful in every |
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TruthIsAll
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I was just being facitious. Occam is a convenient Repuke excuse. |
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McCamy Taylor
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Sun Dec-05-04 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. The GOP's strategy has always included systematically... |
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slackmaster
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Sun Dec-05-04 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. I thought you said exit polls were always correct until 2000 |
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TruthIsAll
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Sun Dec-05-04 11:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I knew you would be right on that. I guess the GOP has always cheated. |
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
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Peace Patriot
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. See my post... |
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glitch
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Well said - and a belated Welcome to DU! nt |
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slackmaster
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Thanks for the laugh, TIA |
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TruthIsAll
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Why don't you stop laughing for a minute and address the issues? |
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slackmaster
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Mon Dec-06-04 09:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
53. Everyone - Let me briefly explain my POV on this thread |
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myschkin
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. let's keep cool |
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McCamy Taylor
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Why is systematic fraud or error so unlikely? |
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glitch
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. There have been machines counting votes since 1964. |
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papau
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. lets see - "papau" election judge 1960 - and GOP fraud in Illinois - today |
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reality_bites
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Sun Dec-05-04 10:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. I don't know if it's emtion he's running on.... |
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myschkin
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. not all scepticals are repukes here... |
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Yupster
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. The final pre-election polls showed |
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witchhazl
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Sun Dec-05-04 10:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. slackmaster, I don't have the facts at my fingertips, but what I |
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Junkdrawer
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. Try this timeline: |
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TruthIsAll
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. See what you can find out when you want to learn the facts? |
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Junkdrawer
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Give the devil his due. They took 20 years and did it "right"... |
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goldengreek
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I think we're on to something here. |
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Last Lemming
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. So the story goes |
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goldengreek
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hmmm. Who was running for president in 1988? |
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Freddie Stubbs
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. The vast majority of overvotes were for Gore? |
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TruthIsAll
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. How do we know? Here's how. |
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sharman
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Right |
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Freddie Stubbs
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Unfortunely it tells me that there are a lot of stupid Democrats out there |
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TruthIsAll
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. You just don't get it, do you? Did you ever consider the... |
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ccarter84
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. Bush '88 primaries 1st example? |
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TruthIsAll
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Exactly so. That 1988 primary was a joke. Bob Dole was way |
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Yupster
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Sun Dec-05-04 09:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. Don't you remember 1988? |
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tritsofme
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Wait a sec, all public opinion leading to these elections=wrong, unweigted |
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
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tritsofme
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. So you agree that in an election like 1988 where Poppy had huge leads |
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
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tritsofme
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. So that scenario above makes sense to you? |
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Sun Dec-05-04 06:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
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DLnyc
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Mon Dec-06-04 12:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
50. Yes, exit polls have been much more accurate than public opinion polls. |
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tritsofme
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Mon Dec-06-04 12:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Certaintly not the raw unweighted data from exit polls |
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intelle
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. TIA....do you think |
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TruthIsAll
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I am not going to speculate on that. Let Mitofsky explain it. |
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intelle
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I wish he would |
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Yupster
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Sun Dec-05-04 10:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. Did you read the New York Times magazine story |
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ClintCooper2003
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. Well, it's true that Democrats are just nicer people. :) |
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Dancing_Dave
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
32. The gap became larger in 2000,2002,2004 |
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ClintCooper2003
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
38. Does anyone happen to have any raw numbers from before 1988?? |
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reality_bites
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Mon Dec-06-04 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
48. Question for the master |
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reality_bites
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Mon Dec-06-04 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
49. Need a little explanation from the master |
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pgh_dem
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:02 AM Response to Reply #49 |
56. spoiled ballots |
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wlubin
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Mon Dec-06-04 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
51. Probably due to the general fact that the nazi party has been stealing |
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Yupster
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Mon Dec-06-04 12:41 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. In 1868, Republican General Grant |
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TruthIsAll
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Tue Dec-07-04 10:36 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Stealing elections is as American as Apple Pie and Motherhood |
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