Has Everyone Forgotten This Poll Result?

[Just_Vote_Dem]

[xmas74]

1. I live 45 minutes from Independence

It's part of MO history.

[House of Roberts]

2. I've seen that picture many times,

and just now looking at it, I could swear I read 'Dewey Defeats Trump'.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

3. Incredible, isn't it?

From Wikipedia:

"Truman was widely considered to be the underdog in the race, and virtually every prediction (with or without public opinion polls) indicated that Dewey would defeat Truman"

The polls are FACTS, you know

[Rebl2]

4. Does look

like it! I met President Truman once when I was about seven years old. Oddly we went to the same dentist and that’s where I met him. I don’t think I realized as a small child in the mid sixties what a big deal it was to meet a President. All I remember is the dentist office was in downtown KC. I remember learning when I was older that they were in the military together.

[jg10003]

5. polling is a lot more sophisticated now.

[Warpy]

7. It was until people all got cell phones

Land line polling doesn't work all that well now.

[brooklynite]

6. Not relevant, other than for "anything can happen" assertions

We can evaluate voter preferences with greater accuracy than in 1948.

[Deminpenn]

11. Laws of mathematics haven't changed, though

IIRC, the reason the polls were "wrong" in 1948 is because Gallup or whoever was doing the polling stopped polling too soon.

[YoshidaYui]

8. I AM pretty sure if Donald Trump saw that PHOTOGTAPH his comment would be

who is this guy and why is my NAME in the papers??

[calimary]

10. I bet you're right, YoshidaYui!

He sees his damn name everywhere anyway, and does his damnedest to put it on everything. Why wouldn’t he assume it should be there, too?

[niyad]

9. Never!