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TomCADem

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6. Voting History is Not Secret. Just the Voter's Choices.

Reply to ananda (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 05:08 PM

Nov 2020

The GA SOS is identifying Republicans who voted absentee during the primaries who did not vote in the general election. Usually, people are more motivated to vote during general election, then during the primaries. So, he is attributing the loss of Republican absentee voters to Trump's attacks on vote by mail. He is assuming that Republicans would vote for Trump.

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Was the Inaccuracy of Polls due to Voter Suppression? [View all] TomCADem Nov 2020 OP

How does he know that? ananda Nov 2020 #1

Voting History is Not Secret. Just the Voter's Choices. TomCADem Nov 2020 #6

Oh, that's right. ananda Nov 2020 #9

Yup. There Media Pushes a False Equivalency Between Voter Fraud and Suppression TomCADem Nov 2020 #10

There were multiple forms of voter suppression pandr32 Nov 2020 #2

To me, polls don't matter. VOTING is what matters. nt Boogiemack Nov 2020 #3

The Delta Between Polling and Voting Results May Show Voter Suppression TomCADem Nov 2020 #7

I think it's related to self-selection bias, at least in part. David__77 Nov 2020 #4

How Does Self-Selection Bias Cause Primary Voters... TomCADem Nov 2020 #8

He's probably wrong, but why argue with a Republican who's calling Trump stupid? Towlie Nov 2020 #5

This! LOL! nt mdelaguna Nov 2020 #13

from what I've read, which I think passes for gospel stillcool Nov 2020 #11

I wouldn't believe the conventional wisdom JonLP24 Nov 2020 #15

They call you and ask you who you are voting for and you tell them. IsItJustMe Nov 2020 #12

Exactly. A Poll Can't Anticipate a Robocall targetting Democrats either... TomCADem Nov 2020 #14

My thoughts exactly. IsItJustMe Nov 2020 #16