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stillcool

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19. I wonder how they figure out...
Mon May 27, 2019, 06:07 PM
May 2019

which states will have a good voter purge, or the best voter suppression techniques. Not to mention the Russian Unit that does the hacking and stealing,..and the other unit that helps the media. Lot to take into account.

Predictions were completely wrong in 2016...GOTV spanone May 2019 #1
Seems when predictions are wrong, it's nearly always in republicans' favor unblock May 2019 #3
Russians helped with that, uponit7771 May 2019 #6
Comey was more damaging than the Russians. StevieM May 2019 #66
Expansion enid602 May 2019 #2
True, but there's room for some rate cuts to delay things unblock May 2019 #4
Debt enid602 May 2019 #9
Donald fraud doesn't care about the damage he does unblock May 2019 #20
60 days?? A HERETIC I AM May 2019 #67
Didn't Nixon have a decent economy too?! uponit7771 May 2019 #5
And he won his second term election by a landslide. NT enough May 2019 #10
That was pre-Nixon impeachment. Wasn't economy pretty decent after re-election & before impeachment? uponit7771 May 2019 #38
nope, it started to go to shit in 1973 (Oil Crisis, Nixon Shock etc, and stagflation ensued) Celerity May 2019 #40
Yes it was, Nixon and Red Don have close avg UE rates (link) and Red Don's JA averages are horrible uponit7771 May 2019 #42
they do not have that close of UE rates, especially in the last 19 months of Nixon versus the last Celerity May 2019 #53
I remember those 16.5% interest rates for CD's those days dhol82 May 2019 #47
I remember rampant inflation in the 70s Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2019 #24
This is wall street political propaganda. democratisphere May 2019 #7
Well, I'm convinced my vote won't count, so why bother... ProudLib72 May 2019 #18
All I can say is if Trump wins who could possibly be proud to call themselves American? walkingman May 2019 #8
I'm not proud to call myself American now. In fact, I desperately want to leave OliverQ May 2019 #16
I would move to Canada if I weren't so old. Texas has become a shithole. walkingman May 2019 #17
I looked into moving to Canada. dhol82 May 2019 #49
I bailed on Texas after forty years...been in Nevada for almost twenty years now pecosbob May 2019 #60
"IF Trump wins who could possibly be proud to call themselves American?" LenaBaby61 May 2019 #27
Garbage in edhopper May 2019 #11
That 'tailwind' is nothing but gas RainCaster May 2019 #12
According to wikipedia standingtall May 2019 #13
Thank you, exactly. Baitball Blogger May 2019 #57
And this is exactly why...... DFW May 2019 #14
actually you have to declare yourself undecided dsc May 2019 #31
F* those models Clarity2 May 2019 #15
I wonder how they figure out... stillcool May 2019 #19
We do have our work cut out for us unblock May 2019 #21
Nate Silver replies: peggysue2 May 2019 #22
Except Silver does not give any evidence for his opinion. former9thward May 2019 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author John Fante May 2019 #36
Try this peggysue2 May 2019 #55
I'm glad I scrolled down Cha May 2019 #46
IF we win WI, MI, and PA this map right below is literally the only way Rump can win outright Celerity May 2019 #59
Chicago FiB here + I would not count on Wisconsin going blue . Milwaukee and MadIson had lunasun May 2019 #63
If Wisconsin stays red we have to absolutely pull PA and MI Celerity May 2019 #64
Living in and near the bluest of the blue states, I'm often stunned Totally Tunsie May 2019 #23
These models are flawed - just look at Trump's approval for proof of this. Drunken Irishman May 2019 #25
Thanks for taking the time to put those numbers together. nt pnwmom May 2019 #29
Obama had 50% on election day but not in mid 2011 which is where we are at in the cycle. former9thward May 2019 #32
Obama's hit 42% only briefly. Trump has been stuck there John Fante May 2019 #37
Again, flawed comparisons. Drunken Irishman May 2019 #39
Not the same. President Obama is a true President. Most Americans already see Trump for what he is rockfordfile May 2019 #69
It is those blinders which lead to our defeat in 2016. former9thward May 2019 #71
+1, Also ... Nixon's avg UE rate was only .2 higher than Red Don's avg (link). Not that the UE rate uponit7771 May 2019 #41
that link has data only up until the end of 2016, how does it have a UE number for Trump? Celerity May 2019 #44
Red Don's numbers are even worse then seeing Nixon's was at one time in the high 60s ... uponit7771 May 2019 #45
Excellent post. Trump matched McCain and John Fante May 2019 #43
Yes, I am aware and willing to swim saidsimplesimon May 2019 #26
And yet, despite the great economy ever (hah!) 55% say they plan to vote against Trump. pnwmom May 2019 #28
Probaby the same number of homeless that were included former9thward May 2019 #33
Every day we see the people at the top distorting the work of the career people. I don't trust pnwmom May 2019 #34
There are thousands of people involved in these numbers. former9thward May 2019 #35
That is a laughable question considering what we are seeing in the Justice Department pnwmom May 2019 #48
A non answer. former9thward May 2019 #56
And you believe that a whistleblower is going to risk prison to tell the truth about statistics. pnwmom May 2019 #58
People leak stories to the Times and Washington Post all the time. former9thward May 2019 #70
Don't pretend to know the future: it always somehow depends on what we do struggle4progress May 2019 #50
ITMF Blue Owl May 2019 #51
If Dump steals the election again, it is secession time. roamer65 May 2019 #52
I tend to believe the election results from Nov. 2018...which two years had gone by after... SWBTATTReg May 2019 #54
Most of the elections held since 2018 have shown dramatic increase in Dem turnout pecosbob May 2019 #61
There is no disputing rump's 'tailwind is large'. nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #62
Republicans mostly win by playing Dirty. things like Voter Suppression and calling on Foreign JI7 May 2019 #65
The economy in 2016 predicted a D hold, too Recursion May 2019 #68
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