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Crazyleftie

(458 posts)

11. I HATE polls

Reply to Yosemito (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2018, 08:47 AM

Dec 2018

Why do people have an obsession with polls? Are they trying to anoint the next dem candidate, as the media did with Hillary 4 years before the 2016 election? Does Vegas have odds on these people? Why am I not included in the poll?

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Emerson Dem primary poll a bit different from CNN [View all] Yosemito Dec 2018 OP

i would fall into the Someone Else category Sherman A1 Dec 2018 #1

ADAM SCHIFF is my some one else for POTUS. democratisphere Dec 2018 #2

I like Schiff, but he has not indicated an interest. nt tblue37 Dec 2018 #4

ADAM SCHIFF is busy trying to rid our country of the scourge that is drumpf. democratisphere Dec 2018 #5

Mine too! Schiff is so great -- eloquent and calm. ananda Dec 2018 #15

At this stage it is just name recognition and media coverage. Remember Joementum? tblue37 Dec 2018 #3

Exactly. These polls aren't worth the energy to type them out. n/t FSogol Dec 2018 #7

The Emerson poll only included those six options oberliner Dec 2018 #6

Maths! There are 7 options. FSogol Dec 2018 #8

"On the Democratic side, six candidates were presented to likely primary voters..." oberliner Dec 2018 #10

Since "other" is listed, there are 7. Hilarious that you are arguing that 7 is really 6. FSogol Dec 2018 #12

There were six options listed in the poll. oberliner Dec 2018 #18

I'm a someone else JustAnotherGen Dec 2018 #9

I HATE polls Crazyleftie Dec 2018 #11

These polls exist to divide the Democrats. They are best ignored. FSogol Dec 2018 #13

People are concerned about the future and want a real leader. Nothing wrong with polls Bucky Dec 2018 #14

There is an entire (too long) process to help us choose our next leader. FSogol Dec 2018 #16

I agree waiting for a savior is bad Bucky Dec 2018 #17