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2016 Postmortem

DanTex

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21. Huh? I'm not lying, Bernie Sanders fans did, in fact, freak out about that poll.

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Mon Sep 21, 2015, 07:52 PM

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Wow, a couple polls is all it took for the poll trutherism to hit Dick Morris levels. [View all] DanTex Sep 2015 OP

Agreed, Hillary will be up at the proper time. Thinkingabout Sep 2015 #1

How long before Bernie supporters create their own "unskewed" polls? nt Cali_Democrat Sep 2015 #2

never but thanks for the concern. roguevalley Sep 2015 #36

Some of the poll conspiracies remind me of the Romney people in 2012. Renew Deal Sep 2015 #3

Oh that is so gawd damn funny! leftofcool Sep 2015 #4

It appears they were convinced Bernie was going to just continue rising in the polls.. DCBob Sep 2015 #5

one poorly designed poll out of many. He still leads in NH and Iowa. Those are the roguevalley Sep 2015 #37

The CNN poll only surveyed 392 Democrats and Democratically-leaning independents. MindfulOne Sep 2015 #6

Yeah, about the same as the other polls. Margin of error for a sample that size is about 5%. DanTex Sep 2015 #11

Statistically that number is fine. Gman Sep 2015 #29

No need to write a post so condescending. jkbRN Sep 2015 #7

Sure it is. That's what he does. jeff47 Sep 2015 #15

Um, jkbRN Sep 2015 #26

You're operating under the assumption that they actually want to jeff47 Sep 2015 #27

Haha, touch� sir!! jkbRN Sep 2015 #33

It is hilarious the lengths they will go, to hide the fact that Bernie is the choice of young voters reformist2 Sep 2015 #8

What we need are debates, more of them and NOW. I am confident that either Bernie randys1 Sep 2015 #9

patronizing superiority and condescension virtualobserver Sep 2015 #10

Huh, I must have missed the 90-rec post where a Hillary supporter falsely tried to pretend DanTex Sep 2015 #12

you weren't on the poll debunking team that day virtualobserver Sep 2015 #14

Thanks for the link! I'll check it out. DanTex Sep 2015 #16

I discovered long ago that "proving" things to Hillary evangelists was a complete waste of time virtualobserver Sep 2015 #30

Yes, given that there are no facts behind your rhetoric, it is indeed a waste of time. DanTex Sep 2015 #31

no, the way that it works is that you ignore the fact and move on to your next talking point virtualobserver Sep 2015 #32

Funny. Anyway, thanks for the link. Always great when people back their rhetoric with evidence. DanTex Sep 2015 #34

Not funny, Just True. virtualobserver Sep 2015 #35

No Dan, one poll. jeff47 Sep 2015 #13

You must missed the 90-plus recs for the OP pretending that CNN didn't poll under 50. DanTex Sep 2015 #17

Glad you admitted it was one poll. You should edit your OP. (nt) jeff47 Sep 2015 #18

That was the one that Bernie fans freaked out about, hilariously. DanTex Sep 2015 #19

So, lying in your OP is OK? jeff47 Sep 2015 #20

Huh? I'm not lying, Bernie Sanders fans did, in fact, freak out about that poll. DanTex Sep 2015 #21

Do you need me to link the definition of "couple" for you? jeff47 Sep 2015 #22

You're right, it's more than just two, the last week or so has been pretty good poll-wise for HRC. DanTex Sep 2015 #23

If you mean "good" as "dropping slower", then yes. jeff47 Sep 2015 #24

I mean the the gap has widened. Hence the hilarious poll-trutherism. DanTex Sep 2015 #25

The equivalent of JackInGreen Sep 2015 #28

Actually, the Clinton people got to the poll trutherism first. Jim Lane Sep 2015 #38