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2016 Postmortem

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18. I'm surprised

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 11:44 AM

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Hillary Clinton's standing with Democrats suddenly plunged [View all] PADemD Jul 2015 OP

Sounds like a lot of people are VERY confused. Smarmie Doofus Jul 2015 #1

Buried 15 paragraphs into the article: sufrommich Jul 2015 #2

Plus, it is an online poll. DURHAM D Jul 2015 #6

You don't say? Capt. Obvious Jul 2015 #9

"sent from my Obamaphone" lunamagica Jul 2015 #26

I see what you did. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #28

And yet 59% of them want to vote for her for President! Walk away Jul 2015 #3

Maybe you should check out that poll. It seems to be an outlier. Walk away Jul 2015 #30

Yeah, that's also projection on your part. Maedhros Jul 2015 #31

I don't trust polls. Any of them. 99Forever Jul 2015 #4

Polls are only accurate if they reinforce your views. -none Jul 2015 #12

I learned that lesson long ago. mmonk Jul 2015 #13

They are nothing more than.... 99Forever Jul 2015 #16

The trick is to reads LOTS of polls. Adrahil Jul 2015 #19

Wrongo. There is no trick. 99Forever Jul 2015 #25

Clinton has frozen out other potentially great candidates. earthside Jul 2015 #7

My thoughts exactly. askew Jul 2015 #15

I don't know if she can handle any more plunging. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #8

Yeah, I know! Adrahil Jul 2015 #20

Online polls are notoriously bad, even supposedly random ones. nt Adrahil Jul 2015 #23

Yes, because though they try to get a random sample it's difficult. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #24

in 2007 Hillary was out in front? Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2015 #14

I'm surprised tomm2thumbs Jul 2015 #18