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SCantiGOP

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7. Don't know, but I have read several times

Reply to Yonnie3 (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 26, 2018, 05:50 PM

Aug 2018

that the British betting houses have a better track record than any of the major polls in the US. It's basically crowd-sourced info, and unlike polls where people will lie (i.e., the famous "shy Trump voters" who didn't want to admit they were going to vote for him), when people are betting money they leave emotion and preference out of their selection.

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I don't follow the betting houses and have a question. Yonnie3 Aug 2018 #4

Don't know, but I have read several times SCantiGOP Aug 2018 #7

That may be too late to save the republic. AJT Aug 2018 #5

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