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Demsrule86

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30. Sometimes? Every good poll is met with doom and gloom and most who post this stuff

Thu Jul 16, 2020, 05:58 PM

Jul 2020

supported a different candidate. Biden is ahead by all metrics...and MSNBC and CNN showed that generally people ahead at this time won roughly by the margins they were ahead by. While, one takes nothing for granted, we are doing well.

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Remember, George Bush was behind Michael Dukakis by 17 points in one poll in July of 1988. [View all] totodeinhere Jul 2020 OP

Bubble Burster... hlthe2b Jul 2020 #1

And HRC was up by 14 pts in Oct per one poll. Nt spooky3 Jul 2020 #2

Had To Be In Error ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #21

Here's one at 12 points; I'll try to find the one spooky3 Jul 2020 #24

If Aggregated Polling.... ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #26

I'm just concerned about stories that say spooky3 Jul 2020 #27

Fair Enough! ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #41

Her polls were solid. But Comey did enormous damage. StevieM Jul 2020 #47

538 agreed, based on their evidence: spooky3 Jul 2020 #57

Hillary would not have won easily without Comey Awsi Dooger Jul 2020 #58

I am sorry, but I don't agree. StevieM Jul 2020 #61

Comey on top of the Russian attacks wasc what hurt Hillary JI7 Jul 2020 #52

I agree wholeheartedly and there is empirical evidence on all points. nt spooky3 Jul 2020 #56

That was one poll Biden is up in all polls. Demsrule86 Jul 2020 #32

Two polls I linked; there could have been others. Nt spooky3 Jul 2020 #46

Biden has been consistently ahead...as I said before doom and gloom ...many and Demsrule86 Jul 2020 #64

I don't think it's about doom and gloom. I think it's about being accurate in spooky3 Jul 2020 #67

Are You Taking It For Granted? Me. Jul 2020 #3

One poll... Dukakis ran a horrific campaign JCMach1 Jul 2020 #4

No. This election has a long way to go rockfordfile Jul 2020 #33

we may not make it to the election... stillcool Jul 2020 #5

The hurdles Donnie faces are considerably harder. unblock Jul 2020 #6

Overconfidence can be a killer. lpbk2713 Jul 2020 #7

By the same token... Happy Hoosier Jul 2020 #42

Are people saying not to tell others to vote ? JI7 Jul 2020 #51

Everyone I know would crawl across broken glass to vote...doom and gloom depresses the Demsrule86 Jul 2020 #65

Joe is taking NOTHING for granted...... ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2020 #8

This is a good thing to remember. Thank you for posting it. (And taking shit for posting it.) Squinch Jul 2020 #9

one poll qazplm135 Jul 2020 #10

No don't get complacent rockfordfile Jul 2020 #34

where did I say anything about being complacent? qazplm135 Jul 2020 #37

Yeah well that era wasn't dealing with a raging pandemic and record levels of unhappiness. Initech Jul 2020 #11

We're going to win..deal with it agingdem Jul 2020 #12

+10000 Demsrule86 Jul 2020 #31

That was 32 years ago. The way the world gets information is drastically different Buckeyeblue Jul 2020 #13

Trump could make a comeback, but he won't. It would mean changing course; won't happen. Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #14

Since I have been a member of DU I have found it pretty common that sentiment at DU totodeinhere Jul 2020 #15

bringing up 1988 doesn't bring anything back to earth JI7 Jul 2020 #17

BS rockfordfile Jul 2020 #38

Your concern is concerning me. John Fante Jul 2020 #39

We see what happens after the debates rockfordfile Jul 2020 #44

Biden will win all three with ease. John Fante Jul 2020 #50

Right, his poor debate performances against Hillary Clinton didn't matter. totodeinhere Jul 2020 #70

Heard that during the primary with the Sanders /Biden debate. And Biden was perfect. Demsrule86 Jul 2020 #66

I think it's an insult to people of color, and I am one of them, to assume that totodeinhere Jul 2020 #69

Sometimes? Every good poll is met with doom and gloom and most who post this stuff Demsrule86 Jul 2020 #30

More white people back then . The southern strategy turns off minorities JI7 Jul 2020 #16

We need the minorities to vote though. Ace Rothstein Jul 2020 #18

Michael Dukakis was as bad a politician that you could get. Yavin4 Jul 2020 #19

Agree. He came off like a robot with no feelings. Terrible. nt Quixote1818 Jul 2020 #20

Dukakis wanted to win cleanly. No negative ads, no hard punches. It was a bad strategy. John Fante Jul 2020 #40

+1,000,000 THIS! Never underestimate the lengths to which republicans will go to steal elections diva77 Jul 2020 #22

That Was A Convention Bump ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #23

He was a cipher nationally. Right after Democratic Convention he went on a 2 week vacation. hedda_foil Jul 2020 #25

1 poll MEANT NOTHING beachbumbob Jul 2020 #28

How about a link? And that was a different election...no incumbents... and Demsrule86 Jul 2020 #29

OK. totodeinhere Jul 2020 #71

In September Dukakis was in tank that tanked his campaign. LiberalFighter Jul 2020 #35

Excellent point, but that poll was an outlier NewJeffCT Jul 2020 #36

Around the same time, people thought Dukakis was more conservative than Bush. Xolodno Jul 2020 #43

what a bunch of BS. he lost becsuse he was seen as soft on crime after the rape question JI7 Jul 2020 #45

Nope. Believe what you want... Xolodno Jul 2020 #49

But how after Nixon? It seems like Dems just ducked out of setting a message all together ! If any uponit7771 Jul 2020 #54

I hear you...but there is more. Xolodno Jul 2020 #62

+1, " as Reagan jacked the taxes" ... I remember this one thing that RayGun ended a lot of middle uponit7771 Jul 2020 #68

I'd rather be arguing about such Dem2 Jul 2020 #48

Joe's numbers seem to be holding Sugarcoated Jul 2020 #53

George Bush wasn't an incumbent with a record... brooklynite Jul 2020 #55

Trump won't be up against the worthy, but somewhat naive and ineffectual, Michael Dukakis anamnua Jul 2020 #59

Absolutely! I don't care what the polls say, we need to play this out like we're down by... SKKY Jul 2020 #60

Some differences rufus dog Jul 2020 #63

Except Trump is the reason and cause of his falling numbers. lunatica Jul 2020 #72