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Election Reform

pnwmom

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6. The 538 aggregate of polls put Hillary 15 points ahead. That's not close.

Reply to Kalidurga (Reply #5)

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 06:02 AM

Apr 2016

And the final vote tabulation showed virtually the same lead -- 16%.

Do you think there was a massive conspiracy involving the Elections office and all the pollsters, too?

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Silly numbers from New York's primary election [View all] passy Apr 2016 OP

There are too many numbers that don't make sense Kalidurga Apr 2016 #1

No one wants to talk about it passy Apr 2016 #4

Scary the polls were close enough they could get away with it if the did it. Kalidurga Apr 2016 #5

The 538 aggregate of polls put Hillary 15 points ahead. That's not close. pnwmom Apr 2016 #6

Yes. There are widespread descrepancies that favor the establishment candidate. cui bono Apr 2016 #9

Exit polls have plenty of reasons of their own for being inaccurate. pnwmom Apr 2016 #16

Interesting how you dismiss exit-polls entirely ... passy Apr 2016 #17

No, I don't dismiss them. They are imperfect but useful tools, like all polls. n/t pnwmom Apr 2016 #19

It still doesn't explain the numbers I talk about in my post and ... passy Apr 2016 #11

well MFM008 Apr 2016 #2

I'm not talking about mistakes passy Apr 2016 #3

The newly registered could have been balanced out by people moving or dying. pnwmom Apr 2016 #7

So Kings is the only county with people moving or dying? passy Apr 2016 #12

Who "won" NY isn't what really matters. The delegate count is. eomer Apr 2016 #10

Who won New York and by how much is what really matters ... passy Apr 2016 #13

OK, what I was arguing against is the talking point saying it doesn't matter because... eomer Apr 2016 #14

You miss the point Scootaloo Apr 2016 #20

Silly lefties. Unicorns, rainbows and fair elections are just blue sky pipe dreams. Scuba Apr 2016 #8

K&R passy Apr 2016 #15

Disgusting. bkkyosemite Apr 2016 #18

Why do we have to ELECT our Queen? RoccoR5955 Apr 2016 #21

Wall Street anointed her autorank May 2016 #22