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Buckeye_Democrat

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19. Yes, and that poll was far more valuable than anecdotes.

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 25, 2017, 07:55 AM

Apr 2017

I'm amazed by the number of rec's and replies that anecdotes receive -- e.g., "My neighbor voted for Trump, but he told me today that he made a horrible mistake and he was crying!"

Great story, but it means very little when there's millions of voters.

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