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AverageJoe90

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3. Good observations. Obama honestly wasn't likely to lose, anyway, but.....

Reply to virtualobserver (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2014, 06:32 PM

Nov 2014

He clearly outperformed the polls.....by almost 4 whole percent, it seems. And if we can get results that good in a "main" election year, then it stands to reason that we may have some surprisingly positive results this year, too, especially if early voting numbers are anything to go by.

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believe the polls? Don't!!! [View all] virtualobserver Nov 2014 OP

I think I have poll overload. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #1

Understandable....... virtualobserver Nov 2014 #2

Good observations. Obama honestly wasn't likely to lose, anyway, but..... AverageJoe90 Nov 2014 #3

as stressful as polls and media reports are to me when they favor repubs.... virtualobserver Nov 2014 #7

Almost all are within MOE (margin of error) kentuck Nov 2014 #4

if they skew most to the right or MOE there goes the race; in their opinion spanone Nov 2014 #5

I wish that I could bet on the races, in Vegas virtualobserver Nov 2014 #8

You can in the UK tazkcmo Nov 2014 #11

I do hope the polls all prove to be totally wrong not only so Dems win and Repubs lose, world wide wally Nov 2014 #6

yes, if it is a Democratic wave.....I'm watching Fox News on Tuesday night. virtualobserver Nov 2014 #9

Context in the South should include Ferguson. mahina Nov 2014 #10

apathy at this moment in time would be hard to understand virtualobserver Nov 2014 #12

No, but believe the expert analysts. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #13

they may be correct, but they are basing their beliefs on the poll results virtualobserver Nov 2014 #15

The thing about polls for Obama/Romney and now TlalocW Nov 2014 #14

I tend to believe Nate Silver. nt Logical Nov 2014 #16