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hay rick

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7. What the polls tell me.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2023, 12:32 AM

Sep 2023

The polls tell me what the media (more nakedly, the owners of the media) want us to be talking about. And what they don't want us talking about.

They want us to talk about Biden's age. They don't want us to talk about Trump being only 4 years younger, but already flopping around with a 300-word functional vocabulary.

They have reduced Trump's brazen corruption to numbers (4 indictments, 91 felony counts) and suggest reasonable people could see persecution and prosecutorial overreach. Equal attention needs to be paid to Hunter Biden's taxes and gun folly.

They don't want a long discussion and close examination of climate change. But we can always talk about the weather.

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Former Obama advisor Dan Pfeiffer: What the New Polls Really Tell Us about 2024 (must-read) [View all] highplainsdem Sep 2023 OP

👍🏼...K&R...👍🏼 spanone Sep 2023 #1

I worked the Obama campaign, and i was terrified when I saw the initial internal polls...in Demsrule86 Sep 2023 #3

I was at a meeting in July 2012 in Washington DFW Sep 2023 #28

K&R 2naSalit Sep 2023 #2

I watched and read everything when Obama ran. sheshe2 Sep 2023 #4

For the media it's all about Glaisne Sep 2023 #5

In 2019 Randomthought Sep 2023 #6

What the polls tell me. hay rick Sep 2023 #7

THIS!!☝️ onetexan Sep 2023 #21

To Clarify A Point... ProfessorGAC Sep 2023 #27

I'm not suggesting that there is a smoke-filled room. hay rick Sep 2023 #35

There Was No Such Assumption ProfessorGAC Sep 2023 #36

Everytime they bring up his age his health and that of the other guy. LiberalFighter Sep 2023 #32

Thank you for posting this LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2023 #8

Actually read the article. Very interesting especially that Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2023 #9

K&R betsuni Sep 2023 #10

"..Pollercoaster.. " No Kidding. I Cha Sep 2023 #11

Smart!! ailsagirl Sep 2023 #12

Aloha ailsagir!😎 Cha Sep 2023 #17

The polls are wrong. Even Cook said True Blue American Sep 2023 #20

Yes the Media LIES.. that's Cha Sep 2023 #24

Lying polls. True Blue American Sep 2023 #25

There was even talk of a primary challenge in 2012. RandySF Sep 2023 #13

Oh yeah I remember well.. Too bad Cha Sep 2023 #18

I read in a book that Howard Dean stopped that person but can't remember betsuni Sep 2023 #22

His Handling Of The Economy? DallasNE Sep 2023 #14

IKR.. Filthy RW & media Lies. Cha Sep 2023 #19

I have my doubts, too, that Trump will even be the GOP nominee. lees1975 Sep 2023 #34

KnRnBookmark Hekate Sep 2023 #15

I have yet to collect BaronChocula Sep 2023 #16

Polls. True Blue American Sep 2023 #23

Cheap Skates, too! True Blue American Sep 2023 #26

There's also an interesting link within this piece peggysue2 Sep 2023 #29

"Biden's challenge is to bang the drum on his real economic accomplishes" BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #30

Yes, the Biden Administration has been broadcasting the Good News peggysue2 Sep 2023 #33

I wonder less about the numbers generated by the polls, and more about the wording of the questions Aristus Sep 2023 #31

I don't know that historical context has much value inwiththenew Sep 2023 #37

Keep panicking if you like. Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #38

Yes indeed, gristy Sep 2023 #41

All Biden needs to do is make 2024 just like 2020. 4lbs Sep 2023 #39

I could care less what the polls say SouthernDem4ever Sep 2023 #40