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H2O Man

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Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 03:38 PM

Jun 2015

Things can change mighty quick. There is some merit to these polls, but it is limited.

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I don't see the value in polls -- pre-primary -- that gauge candidates against the other party [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 OP

Living in California makes primaries a useless sport. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2015 #1

We really need to fix the primary calander. My solution is Exilednight Jun 2015 #4

I would like to see all states hold the primaries on the same day. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2015 #14

That would give a huge advantage to the candidate Exilednight Jun 2015 #15

The existing system already does that. People who don't win one of the early primaries are doomed. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2015 #16

You don't think there's value in knowing which one of our candidates does best in the GE? AFAIC, Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #2

I have no faith in those poles. Anyone who wins the Exilednight Jun 2015 #6

Like I said, that seems to be popular thought on BU. Above ground (in the real world), gauging.... Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #8

Yes I do dismiss them. 6 weeks out from the first Exilednight Jun 2015 #11

Well, alrighty then. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #12

"You don't think there's value in knowing which one of our candidates does best in the GE?" Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 #13

The "full weight of the party" will align long before we get to the GE. Your line of thinking just Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #17

I don't see your Dean/Kiucinich comparison as valid. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 #18

Think for a bit. I have confidence you can get it. You're arguing "values" over "name recognition". Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #19

Well, there is what candidates promise and then there is how they actually conduct themselves. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 #20

As a lifelong Democrat. I want to win. Whoever offers the best chance of doing that gets my.... Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #23

By the way -- I'd like to take a moment to say Thank-you for the civil discourse. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #22

Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2015 #3

The polls are used to sway public opinion. Avalux Jun 2015 #5

And according to post #2 they look like they work. Exilednight Jun 2015 #7

Including the polls about "Feeling the Bern" in New Hampshire? Is that to "sway public opinion"? Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #9

Of course it is. My statement applies to all polls. n/t Avalux Jun 2015 #10

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