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47. I agree, it should not be this close.

Reply to ram2008 (Reply #24)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 03:42 PM

Jul 2016

Complain about the media all you want but given Hillary's qualifications and Trumps lack thereof she should be leading by double digits.

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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tied going into conventions - CBS/NYT poll [View all] TomCADem Jul 2016 OP

Please lay off the polls until after Labor Day. Right now they mean jack shit. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #1

Exactly. Even the ones we like nt broadcaster75201 Jul 2016 #17

Polls taken now are not accurate predictors of how the election will turn out. But they do have some totodeinhere Jul 2016 #28

Au contraire. As important as it is to to post them when they're going our way, forest444 Jul 2016 #44

Gotta sell "the horse race" and not the truth that Trump will get beaten in a landslide, Botany Jul 2016 #2

Exactly - wall to wall trump for a year..ratings you know - asiliveandbreathe Jul 2016 #16

Are you implying that pollsters such as the NYT poll are intentionally skewing results because totodeinhere Jul 2016 #29

Well early polls are useless and it also depends on the sample of population that was polled .... Botany Jul 2016 #31

I've never been the biggest NY Times fan, and have trusted them less... LenaBaby61 Jul 2016 #40

And yet the electoral college "polls" show Clinton up by about 110, which is 20%. George II Jul 2016 #3

Good for the NYTimes. They weren't that accurate during the primaries, and I suspect they will still_one Jul 2016 #33

The Electoral College... LenaBaby61 Jul 2016 #41

The media's gone into its endless loop of repeating each other on the 'conventional knowledge' of... Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2016 #4

Exactly. This is from the NYTimes who misreported on the Hillary emails, and had to revise the still_one Jul 2016 #34

MSM jerking us off for ratings randr Jul 2016 #5

Ratings are how they make their money The Green Manalishi Jul 2016 #6

It is the dollar they worship randr Jul 2016 #9

One can try... The Green Manalishi Jul 2016 #26

+1,000,000 Auggie Jul 2016 #12

Yeah, and it was Romney by a landslide. Loki Jul 2016 #7

Not only that ,,, Cryptoad Jul 2016 #10

Comey did a good deal of damage with his press conference and his unfair assessments. (eom) StevieM Jul 2016 #8

It was berry Cryptoad Jul 2016 #11

I call BULLSHIT... NoMoreRepugs Jul 2016 #13

The pollsters and media do this EVERY election cycle REALforever Jul 2016 #14

Poll shmol - I would rather watch what Nate Silver is watching - asiliveandbreathe Jul 2016 #15

Shameless Media Click Bait Blue Idaho Jul 2016 #18

This is insane oberliner Jul 2016 #19

Thanks a Lot, Comey Night Watchman Jul 2016 #20

Just keep selling that horse race, MSM Saviolo Jul 2016 #21

Clinton is actually ahead by double digits. ananda Jul 2016 #22

I'm concerned Wibly Jul 2016 #23

yep, I agree. Any more "help" from Comey may put sociopath-Don in the White House. n/t zazen Jul 2016 #38

Hillary is not a "very weak candidate." You are repeating a Trump talking point. nt SunSeeker Jul 2016 #39

Nonsense Wibly Jul 2016 #45

Nonsense. SunSeeker Jul 2016 #46

Poll truthers need to get a grip ram2008 Jul 2016 #24

Too many partisans at DU refuse to believe the veracity of any poll whose results totodeinhere Jul 2016 #30

I agree, it should not be this close. bklyncowgirl Jul 2016 #47

Corporate Media has been creaming its pants over the thought of a horse race and barn burner Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2016 #25

I am worried about the media manipulation of the election. Hillary bad tRump unconventional. No Laser102 Jul 2016 #27

Same headline, different year Politicub Jul 2016 #32

I'm shocked , shocked I say MFM008 Jul 2016 #35

LOL. yeah, sure. gotta get them clicks and sell them ads!!1! PSPS Jul 2016 #36

It's amazing, if the poll is correct, that Trump can even harness that much of a following. YOHABLO Jul 2016 #37

That's only one poll...... suston96 Jul 2016 #42

Check these out...... suston96 Jul 2016 #43