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ColinC

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40. Gerrymanders certainly create favorable odds for a party by packing voters
Fri Aug 19, 2022, 09:41 PM
Aug 2022

But those particular odds can only help so much when everything shifts against them. I also seem a bit surprised how much faith folks are putting in current polling and the same formulas that got Kansas so enormously wrong. They can certainly help us get some clues of the national sentiment, but when they create likely voter models largely based on a completely different election with drastically different factors at play, they can't be taken with more than a grain of salt imho.

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1) Maybe brooklynite Aug 2022 #1
We will see ColinC Aug 2022 #2
Well then, Bettie Aug 2022 #11
We definitely won't lose everything Polybius Aug 2022 #14
I don't think that anything is impossible Bettie Aug 2022 #18
Two are impossible Polybius Aug 2022 #22
Didn't say that, did I? brooklynite Aug 2022 #17
DeSantis is trailing in the polls. The repubs are in for some real bad press. rubbersole Aug 2022 #3
No, he's not. brooklynite Aug 2022 #8
He doesn't have a D opponent yet Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #10
He polls ahead of both Crist and Fried. brooklynite Aug 2022 #19
Right, but that's based on a theoretical premise and neither one has campaigned as the nominee. Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #20
It is not the same...we won't know where we stand until after Tuesday. Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #21
DeSantis has a 50% approval rating... brooklynite Aug 2022 #25
You are correct. rubbersole Aug 2022 #28
No he's not, he's leading in every poll Polybius Aug 2022 #15
Again, Im sounding like a broken record, but are we really so confident right now that polls are ColinC Aug 2022 #39
All are plausible except for number 4, which is pretty likely not happening (especially the state Celerity Aug 2022 #4
Gerrymanders only work to an extent ColinC Aug 2022 #5
No one is talking about a massive Blue wave election, have yet to see that one, and even then that Celerity Aug 2022 #16
I agree, nobody is talking about it. ColinC Aug 2022 #26
even if it does, that Red Wall at state legislated level will almost assuredly hold Celerity Aug 2022 #30
I think if it happens, it will be this year. If not this year, it may never. ColinC Aug 2022 #31
My detailed analysis shows the possibility is simply not there, we are too dominated at state Celerity Aug 2022 #34
You are right Cosmocat Aug 2022 #46
That is true. I saw a Gerrymander fall in Georgia at the state level...of course it was our Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #23
Gerrymanders certainly create favorable odds for a party by packing voters ColinC Aug 2022 #40
I like them since they tend to agree with mine... lees1975 Aug 2022 #6
Eh Cosmocat Aug 2022 #7
I don't put any faith in polls ColinC Aug 2022 #35
Polls are trending slightly our way Cosmocat Aug 2022 #37
The SC ruling changed the dynamics enormously ColinC Aug 2022 #38
Ok Cosmocat Aug 2022 #43
Look at actual recent voter turnout metrics compared to wave elections. ColinC Aug 2022 #44
Ok Cosmocat Aug 2022 #45
I wish I had your optimism. hamsterjill Aug 2022 #9
Wishful thinking bordering on fantasy onenote Aug 2022 #12
That is nonsense. In order to win anything, you first have to believe that you can... I hope I Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #24
I agree Bettie Aug 2022 #32
I was at least right about Alaska! ColinC Oct 2022 #48
All good news? Polybius Aug 2022 #13
No. It's all or nothing with me ColinC Aug 2022 #27
I think you are right. Woman will turn pukes on their heads. pwb Aug 2022 #29
All are possible except number 4. Elessar Zappa Aug 2022 #33
This sure is optimistic. ananda Aug 2022 #36
I love your enthusiasm vercetti2021 Aug 2022 #41
I would be worried too if polls have shown any bit of accuracy in regards to recent elections. ColinC Aug 2022 #42
It appears we aren't fucked this election Cosmocat Aug 2022 #47
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