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mythology

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18. You do realize that the national polls taken right before the 2016 election were accurate right?

Reply to pecosbob (Reply #9)

Sun Jul 15, 2018, 01:01 PM

Jul 2018

They were off by a point or two and were in fact closer than in 2012. As 538 said at the time and has continued to point out, the media overstated Clinton's chances and that she wasn't nearly as far ahead as people thought.

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