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onecaliberal

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17. Last poll I saw was 4 point difference. I never looked at 538

Reply to Polybius (Reply #16)

Thu Oct 28, 2021, 03:00 PM

Oct 2021

I don’t put much stock in them. In any pill really.

My point is and was. The media PURPOSELY reports tightening polls and dire circumstances for Dems ALWAYS! Usually NOT factual. The early voting looks fantastic.

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Are the polls "herding" in the Virginia Governors race? [View all] Dawson Leery Oct 2021 OP

Early voting Dems are ahead by a lot. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #1

I am aware. Close to a million votes may be cast before election day. Dawson Leery Oct 2021 #2

Which means nothing Polybius Oct 2021 #3

That's fine we start on election day + one million. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #5

And if they make up for it on November 2nd? Polybius Oct 2021 #7

Doubtful. How many of them are dead from Covid also? onecaliberal Oct 2021 #8

Well, we'll find out on Tuesday Polybius Oct 2021 #9

They did the same to us in California. Telling us Newsom was behind in polling. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #11

Cali had a clown Republican candidate who put his foot in his mouth daily Polybius Oct 2021 #13

Uhm Newsom wasn't polling 20 points ahead the week before. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #15

Ok you're right, 19 was the most Polybius Oct 2021 #16

Last poll I saw was 4 point difference. I never looked at 538 onecaliberal Oct 2021 #17

I like 538 because it's not a polling company Polybius Oct 2021 #23

When part of your methodology includes deeply flawed polls it's hard to take serious. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #27

How can they be "deeply flawed" if they were right? Polybius Oct 2021 #29

I was hoping to come into this thread to apologize and praise you for being right Polybius Nov 2021 #36

Do you feel better now? onecaliberal Nov 2021 #37

No Polybius Nov 2021 #38

My comments were concerning the media. onecaliberal Nov 2021 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author onecaliberal Oct 2021 #28

Last poll I saw was 4 point difference. I never looked at 538 onecaliberal Oct 2021 #18

So why did the California polls the last couple of weeks show Newsom surging onenote Oct 2021 #32

It's not a theory. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #34

Cali had a clown Republican candidate who put his foot in his mouth daily Polybius Oct 2021 #14

All of the the early votes are not for McAuliffe onenote Oct 2021 #31

+1 rogue emissary Oct 2021 #12

Sure seems like it! Greybnk48 Oct 2021 #4

kick Dawson Leery Oct 2021 #6

Seems like it, but who knows what to think these days... Patton French Oct 2021 #10

Except that they don't brooklynite Oct 2021 #19

I'm scared VA is about to become a COVID slaughterhouse if Trumpkin wins. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #20

It's going to be a razor thin win for either candidate budkin Oct 2021 #21

I thought VA was emerging from the Dark Ages. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #22

Another thread attacking polls. former9thward Oct 2021 #24

The polling business is in crisis Sabuca Oct 2021 #25

Close race because the GOP has gone back to wedge issues andym Oct 2021 #26

School boards is the issue. I am aware. Dawson Leery Oct 2021 #33

GOTV - that is all that matters. UCmeNdc Oct 2021 #30

This! peggysue2 Oct 2021 #35