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AleksS

(1,665 posts)
13. The polls showing him losing were the right ones though...
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 02:26 PM
Oct 2020

He did, in fact, lose the percentage of votes cast.

Polls that showed him winning the percentage of popular votes were the wrong ones.

Ha! Was about to post this very article. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2020 #1
lol Roland99 Oct 2020 #2
Indeed. Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2020 #5
21 days. roamer65 Oct 2020 #3
This election is OVER!!! n/t tormadjax Oct 2020 #4
That is a right wing talking point. PTWB Oct 2020 #11
I voted n/t tormadjax Oct 2020 #18
lol - can't argue with that logic whopis01 Oct 2020 #21
Nope, it's not. Marius25 Oct 2020 #12
USC concluded after the election that their 2016 poll was flawed Cicada Oct 2020 #6
USC said the current model would have had Hillary by 1 in 2016 Awsi Dooger Oct 2020 #19
So far, so good, assuming states choose electors based on votes Cicada Oct 2020 #20
Don't ANYONE get complacent, like you're vote's no longer necessary. Beartracks Oct 2020 #7
OH how I hope these polls are right! I still see a LOT of trumpers around here & hear the same from napi21 Oct 2020 #8
Amazing. Investors Business Daily was a yellow right-wing rag in the '90s and aughts sandensea Oct 2020 #9
I'm ignoring these polls. There's a slew of them everyday. What's I'm going to pay attention to, SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #10
The polls showing him losing were the right ones though... AleksS Oct 2020 #13
So tired of people saying that about the USC poll. They DID NOT predict a Trump win DrToast Oct 2020 #14
These polls didn't correctly predict his 2016 win Loki Liesmith Oct 2020 #15
Except that both polls were wrong about 2016 popular vote margin by 5-6%, so...nt Fiendish Thingy Oct 2020 #16
Between now and Nov 3rd musclecar6 Oct 2020 #17
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