OK, what I was arguing against is the talking point saying it doesn't matter because... (Reply #14)

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 08:08 AM

eomer (3,845 posts)

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

it wouldn't have changed who "won" New York.

The post I replied to said:

Not 16 points worth of mistakes..........

Implying that it doesn't matter unless it made a 16 points difference and therefore would have flipped the "winner".

So what I'm saying is that a difference smaller than 16 points is still important because it likely would have changed the number of delegates each candidate got.

I do also agree with your point that a change less than 16% would also change momentum. So we're both pointing out reasons that it matters even if the effect was less than the amount required to flip the "winner".

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22 replies	Author	Time	Post
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

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