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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: CNN Exit Poll: Mass: Sanders 52-46 Finally Clinton 50-49 = Election fraud [View all]kristopher
(29,798 posts)281. As far as I'm concerned it is time for change. Period.
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CNN Exit Poll: Mass: Sanders 52-46 Finally Clinton 50-49 = Election fraud [View all]
TheProgressive
Mar 2016
OP
Since 2000 I've wondered just how accurate vote recording and exit polls are.
EndElectoral
Mar 2016
#90
I'm glad to hear that because Hillary supporters were telling me when the exit polls
sabrina 1
Mar 2016
#115
That's what i just said. I'm confused by Hillary supporters confidence in exit polls now.
sabrina 1
Mar 2016
#176
I sure am focused as I have been from the beginning, making sure as many people as possible
sabrina 1
Mar 2016
#319
Stay focused. If Bernie didn't raise a stink about Bill, then neither should you.
alfredo
Mar 2016
#323
Excuse me? You think citizens should take their cues from 'leaders' before acting
sabrina 1
Mar 2016
#327
Wow, so there's 'message discipline' and a 'script'? How sad, this is what Political Operatives
sabrina 1
Mar 2016
#332
Well, gee, thank you: 'You still have freedom to thin, act, or speak as you wish'.
sabrina 1
Mar 2016
#337
Officials did not see any electioneering. Shaking hands and greeting people isn't electioneering.
alfredo
Mar 2016
#175
If there was wrongdoing the election officials would have called it then and there. `
alfredo
Mar 2016
#239
As if there would be no cameras there to catch the exchange. Have you ever worked the polls?
alfredo
Mar 2016
#275
Everyone on the planet- including Elizabeth Warren has now been accused of being on the take...
bettyellen
Mar 2016
#268
Passions run high, and it hurts bad when your candidate is on the losing end. It's akin to grief.
alfredo
Mar 2016
#276
It's akin to the kind of foolishness that got us where we are now. Too much interest in politics
bettyellen
Mar 2016
#282
In my view, he was within the law as long as he remained 150 feet from the rope around the
JDPriestly
Mar 2016
#290
It's illegal only if you are engaged in electioneering. Election officials said he wasn't
alfredo
Mar 2016
#301
I don't think dirty tricks were needed. Hillary had a built in advantage with name recognition.
alfredo
Mar 2016
#274
Come Nov, that is important. MLK's words and works lived on. The assassin failed.
alfredo
Mar 2016
#305
The civil rights movement has made virtually no progress as envisioned by King.
kristopher
Mar 2016
#330
And the bull horn was to do what? Why was the polling place closed? You can do better than that.
merrily
Mar 2016
#252
That was from an GOTV event held nearby. Secret Service shut it down while he was in the polls.
alfredo
Mar 2016
#307
I didn't specifically say you. I was trying to get you focus on the future, not the past.
alfredo
Mar 2016
#326
Hillary is now actually ROVIAN. She should be asked to pledge that he will not do this again.
JudyM
Mar 2016
#206
Yep, the Secret Service always lets ex-presidents wander randomly into crowded places without notice
arcane1
Mar 2016
#279
IOW, ignore the man with the bull horn who shut down a polling place? Good luck with that narrative
merrily
Mar 2016
#261
I watched the Massachusetts returns as they came in. By 20% Hillary was ahead 22,000 votes. At 100%
GoneFishin
Mar 2016
#70
Frankly I question the results of any primary being conducted on voting machines, with no paper opt.
PyaarRevolution
Mar 2016
#325
Can you explain the discrepancy pointed out in posts 109 and the following posts
JDPriestly
Mar 2016
#190
Ask President Jimmy carter who validates elections all over the world...
TheProgressive
Mar 2016
#157
Is there somewhere in the state's literature that explains what the entries are measuring?
kristopher
Mar 2016
#248
we have a concurrently running thread where Camp Hillary is say a Texas exit poll is truth absolute
azurnoir
Mar 2016
#155
It is undeniable that exit polls are adjusted to match the recorded vote
dreamnightwind
Mar 2016
#304
After that happened, I started getting money requests from Hillary using my name.
Zen Democrat
Mar 2016
#127
Lol. and a whole bunch of HRC peeps were suddenly hounded by Team Sanders for donations.
misterhighwasted
Mar 2016
#129
Well... we KNOW he broke the law yesterday. The Clintons are DIRTY... I put nothing past them.
AzDar
Mar 2016
#17
Nothing. It was so blatant and disgusting and anti-democratic Shows what Bernie is up against...
AzDar
Mar 2016
#44
Then why hasn't the Sanders campaign said or done anything about it? Are they that ineffective?
lunamagica
Mar 2016
#18
Exit polls have a margin of error just like any other poll. This is well within any MOE. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#23
They still are. A result within a poll's MoE is a vindication of that poll. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#32
exit poles are historically +-1/2%. How do you figure 'vindication' in this instance?
Kip Humphrey
Mar 2016
#57
Can you find me the MoE for this poll? I assumed +/- 3% if so, the poll is vindicated. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#102
MoE for this exit poll was +/- 5% here is a link... this poll is vindicated
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#105
*notoriously* unreliable? Wrong. They are used to detect election fraud...
TheProgressive
Mar 2016
#36
Exit polls are the international 'gold standard' for detecting election fraud
99th_Monkey
Mar 2016
#125
No one is going ever take 'progressives' seriously during REAL election fraud...
wyldwolf
Mar 2016
#40
LOL! He's been so unbiased throughout, we absolutely should "take him at this word" from *yesterday*
merrily
Mar 2016
#254
Maybe the GOP can hold congressional hearings on it! That will get those dastardly Clintons! nt
BreakfastClub
Mar 2016
#62
I am only questioning Mass because the exit polls do not match tabulated totals...
TheProgressive
Mar 2016
#79
We need to work towards paper ballots. That's really the only way I'll trust our system.
stillwaiting
Mar 2016
#108
The circus in MA might just have been a sideshow to cover the real shenanigans.
Skwmom
Mar 2016
#100
That must be why it took so long to get the reults from one of the early voting states of the day.
Todays_Illusion
Mar 2016
#158
In 2008, the exit polls showed a virtual tie in MA. Then the voting machines gave her a rout.
mhatrw
Mar 2016
#172
So, Bernie is too timid or too ignorant to battle "obvious" election fraud?
brooklynite
Mar 2016
#179
I hope Sanders campaign asks for a recount in Mass. The end result is so close it CALLS for a
sabrina 1
Mar 2016
#218
You may not have noticed but Bernie has not conceded Iowa and I am certain he is
sabrina 1
Mar 2016
#298
Well good thing you think election fraud is similar to NASA blowing up the moon...
TheProgressive
Mar 2016
#286
So Sanders' supporters are so unsure that Clinton's wobbling around would convince them
Hoyt
Mar 2016
#280