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Eliot Rosewater

(34,297 posts)
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 01:51 PM Feb 2018

Please DENOUNCE any polls brought to DU that are NOT from reliable [View all]

sources or pollsters.

I think I saw one here over the weekend saying the "blue wave" is in doubt now, so as a trusting liberal I got worried, depressed (sadly knowing how easy it is to talk Americans into doing something stupid) and then I think one of us/you pointed out the poll was RASMUSSEN.

Now I am not sure if that was the case, I am not going to go look for it.

If you want to win an election one way is to LIE about leading in that election so as to convince the other side there is no point in voting and your side to vote to make sure you win, etc.

ANY polls or nonsense like that brought here to DU whether the one I am remember was or not, PLEASE people, SMASH it down with vengeance!

Thank you.

This next election is about whether or not the nation survives and possibly YOU too!

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Meh, ignore them and let them drop... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #1
We should not pay attention to ANY polls! redstatebluegirl Feb 2018 #2
I like that even better. Thanks. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #3
Poison polls is a classic trolling technique, tho. Hortensis Feb 2018 #20
Excellent post ismnotwasm Feb 2018 #21
Kellyanne Conway owns some polling company. Enough said. BSdetect Feb 2018 #4
Better idea: Find out about the poll's source and whether it's an outlier. highplainsdem Feb 2018 #5
Agian the truth is spoken. Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #6
AAAHHH - very good ER -finally someone steps up - asiliveandbreathe Feb 2018 #7
I don't need a damn poll to tell me ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #8
Rasmussen was right on the money in 2016, Hillary by 2% 4139 Feb 2018 #9
They predicted Hillary would win by 3 million votes? Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #10
Hillary won by 2.1%, Rasmussen was off by 0.1% 4139 Feb 2018 #11
They have a clear bias, it is well known Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #12
They always adjust their numbers right before election Loki Liesmith Feb 2018 #14
Thanks for that ! ! ! Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #15
What exactly are you "just sayin"? lapucelle Feb 2018 #22
Im not really into calls to denounce things Loki Liesmith Feb 2018 #13
Where do you stand on Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #16
Will denounce it Loki Liesmith Feb 2018 #17
twitter is god. everything on twitter is 100% true. worship twitter nt msongs Feb 2018 #18
Especially if said tweets attack Hillary or similar other democrats. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #19
Poll: 100% of Americans think Trump is Greatestest President Ever struggle4progress Feb 2018 #23
So exactly who is "reliable"? former9thward Feb 2018 #24
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