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Demsrule86

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61. I have been trying to tell folks that...FUD is dangerous to our efforts and unproductive. I hope the

Sat Sep 9, 2023, 10:49 PM

Sep 2023

the next person who really would rather have a different candidate reconsiders and doesn't post a shitty poll...and these days the right is busy paying for such polls in order to cause voter demoralization. We saw this in the last election. The so-called polls were wrong...some at the last minute changed so they would still be accepted next time by 538 or others...but it was all crap. Real Clear politics for example takes money from the right.

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Don't Be Taken in By People Pointing out That Biden Is Behind [View all] MineralMan Sep 2023 OP

Thank you Wild blueberry Sep 2023 #1

Who is monitoring the Polling companies? FarPoint Sep 2023 #2

Nobody. Polling this early is horribly inaccurate. MineralMan Sep 2023 #5

I am not taking them in.... FarPoint Sep 2023 #56

A polling company is just that - a corporation trying to make money. erronis Sep 2023 #52

Thank you for the validation... FarPoint Sep 2023 #57

Yup. Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #3

FUD? CurtEastPoint Sep 2023 #4

Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. FUD. MineralMan Sep 2023 #6

Thx. Awake now CurtEastPoint Sep 2023 #7

I must pay attention to these posts Beastly Boy Sep 2023 #8

Then challenge them. But try to avoid being distracted MineralMan Sep 2023 #9

Absolutely. Not being distracted would be part of my response. Beastly Boy Sep 2023 #10

"Keep Those Ad Buys Coming" the poll message IA8IT Sep 2023 #11

Thank you Keepthesoulalive Sep 2023 #12

Since polls don't try to convince us diligently of their veracity they are nothing more than Prairie_Seagull Sep 2023 #13

Elections aren't won by popular vote leftstreet Sep 2023 #14

You are totally missing my point. MineralMan Sep 2023 #16

Polling at this point is meaningless. paleotn Sep 2023 #42

I'm not "taken" by it, but I don't believe the polling is all badly done or a conspiracy... Silent3 Sep 2023 #15

Really? If you understood the GOP funded polls...did you know that real clear politcs is taking Demsrule86 Sep 2023 #18

Nearly all of the polls, no matter who is doing them, currently show a tight race Silent3 Sep 2023 #38

Bingo. Polling is NOT an exact science. paleotn Sep 2023 #46

Not absolutely precise and "inherently wrong" are not the same thing Silent3 Sep 2023 #58

Many of the polls deliberately twist results for someone who paying for the polls...they were Demsrule86 Sep 2023 #60

Actually, the polls weren't that far off... Silent3 Sep 2023 #63

I think you've made your position clear. edisdead Sep 2023 #67

You should be "buying it". I'm not selling necessarily bad news, just realism and perspective Silent3 Sep 2023 #70

Thank you MM. I am so sick of the constant hair on fire posts...and most simply don't Demsrule86 Sep 2023 #17

In 2016, it was Hillary. MineralMan Sep 2023 #21

I have been trying to tell folks that...FUD is dangerous to our efforts and unproductive. I hope the Demsrule86 Sep 2023 #61

FUD is all Trump has... IrishAfricanAmerican Sep 2023 #19

Very true. MineralMan Sep 2023 #23

Yup, & it's what the russians are disseminating to make ppl not vote onetexan Sep 2023 #26

even if he is down, national polls mean nothing because of our broken electoral vote system Takket Sep 2023 #20

Exactly. It's not hair on fire season. MineralMan Sep 2023 #22

Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt is an industry. Artcatt Sep 2023 #24

You are correct, unfortunately. MineralMan Sep 2023 #25

Yep. On both sides of the political spectrum. paleotn Sep 2023 #47

Fuddle duddell to those polls riverbendviewgal Sep 2023 #27

GOTV indeed!!! CaptainTruth Sep 2023 #28

Yes. There are so many factors that were not in play in 2016 and 2020. LiberalFighter Sep 2023 #29

There's a Big Blue Wave coming in 2024 with Biden leading the way! KS Toronado Sep 2023 #30

Yup. MineralMan Sep 2023 #32

Hope the big brown wave is feces. KS Toronado Sep 2023 #53

Morning Consult (largest sample size) has Biden up by 5 points mzmolly Sep 2023 #31

The naysayers will find something, every time. MineralMan Sep 2023 #33

Indeed. mzmolly Sep 2023 #34

So...if one sows Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD), PatrickforB Sep 2023 #35

Pretty much, yes. MineralMan Sep 2023 #39

I remember having this discussion in 2011 BaronChocula Sep 2023 #36

Yes, GOTV and we'll be fine! ananda Sep 2023 #37

RIGHT ON!i PJMcK Sep 2023 #40

KinR, MineralMan, and nice to see you Hekate Sep 2023 #41

RSO rso Sep 2023 #43

One positive about the negative Playingmantis Sep 2023 #44

Nope. All you have to do is look at 2016. MineralMan Sep 2023 #45

But the polls showed Clinton ahead leftstreet Sep 2023 #54

yes this is exactly my point Playingmantis Sep 2023 #62

I could not agree more. paleotn Sep 2023 #48

Thanks for ForgedCrank Sep 2023 #49

Yup. What's going on reminds me of the 2020 primary Hortensis Sep 2023 #50

This +1000! mcar Sep 2023 #51

hear! hear! Recycle_Guru Sep 2023 #55

K&R betsuni Sep 2023 #59

Sounds nice but I don't think it's a realistic approach ecstatic Sep 2023 #64

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I'm hearing it too mountain grammy Sep 2023 #66

#ShunTheFUD" WestCoastDem42 Sep 2023 #68

Yeah, I don't use Xitter, either. MineralMan Sep 2023 #69