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In reply to the discussion: Colin's 2022 election predictions [View all]ColinC
(11,098 posts)40. Gerrymanders certainly create favorable odds for a party by packing voters
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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DeSantis is trailing in the polls. The repubs are in for some real bad press.
rubbersole
Aug 2022
#3
Right, but that's based on a theoretical premise and neither one has campaigned as the nominee.
Sky Jewels
Aug 2022
#20
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
No one is talking about a massive Blue wave election, have yet to see that one, and even then that
Celerity
Aug 2022
#16
even if it does, that Red Wall at state legislated level will almost assuredly hold
Celerity
Aug 2022
#30
My detailed analysis shows the possibility is simply not there, we are too dominated at state
Celerity
Aug 2022
#34
That is true. I saw a Gerrymander fall in Georgia at the state level...of course it was our
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#23
That is nonsense. In order to win anything, you first have to believe that you can... I hope I
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#24