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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I guess Bernie just won a useless online poll. [View all]VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)5. do you know what a VPN is?
apparently you do not....I suggest you look that term up...its such an easy spoof there are whole Youtube videos to tell you how..
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Here is what you need to understand about online polling....easily spoofed
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2015
#14
Ha, endoresements provided by people voting aren't valid but endorsements provided without
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#172
It was a poll. It was online. It was restricted to the membership of those conducting it.
Gore1FL
Dec 2015
#261
So what do you think, Bernie paying out millions to pay people to hack online polls?
A Simple Game
Dec 2015
#80
You should get into the habit of reading your posts before you hit the "Post my reply!" button
A Simple Game
Dec 2015
#101
I see, your problem isn't that you don't read what you post, it's that you don't understand what
A Simple Game
Dec 2015
#113
Bernie won 88% of the votes. There were, I have read, a total of 200,000 votes.
JDPriestly
Dec 2015
#206
Now you are being ridiculous. Don't you think the polling site would know if it was hit by a DOS
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#176
I can tell you very few would bother. And I would bet those few would be Hillary supporters. nt
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#175
my thoughts exactly. Probably why some are so upset that she lost by so much.
A Simple Game
Dec 2015
#271
Amazing isn't it. Just like al those "illegals" the GOP claims are voting in droves when most
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#174
Now you are being sexist too? Why would only young men that support Sanders do it? nt
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#178
Do you not understand that security measures are in place to make sure that doesn't happen and
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#179
By your own admission, it is not easy. Setting up multiple email and using different ip addresses
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#168
I am a 72-year-old woman who can't hack or program, and I voted for Bernie in the DFA
JDPriestly
Dec 2015
#205
Because the GE is a bit more important, maybe? And, we are using computers to vote these days.
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#185
The real challenge would be anyone proving they knew less about hacking than you. nt
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#190
+10,000 Actually, I think they are saying that only Bernie supporters are smart enough to do so.
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#189
I hate to tell you this but most Bernie supporters are far too busy actually campaigning for Bernie
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#159
Love it! Even with Hillary supporters using VPN and hacking and stuff Bernie is way ahead.
cui bono
Dec 2015
#108
Agreed. But your assertion that the overwhelming votes for Sanders are repeat voters
cleanhippie
Dec 2015
#125
Again, your assertion that it's over-voting and not actual support is either wishful thinking
cleanhippie
Dec 2015
#248
It just HAS to be fraud, right? There's no way it could be actual support for Sanders?
cleanhippie
Dec 2015
#254
So, can you provide a single unique user ID from the poll that says they didn't
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2015
#282
So you didn't bother to actually read his previous reply which already answered your question?
Kentonio
Dec 2015
#216
The DFA poll was not an ordinary internet poll. Each voter had to identify him- or herself.
JDPriestly
Dec 2015
#211
Not at all and especially not for the silly reasons you have mentioned.
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#209
The Scientific Polls showing Hillary ahead usually are a scientifically skewed Demographic
Ferd Berfel
Dec 2015
#42
You honestly think she has Obama's ground game? You need to catch up..LOL...n/t
monmouth4
Dec 2015
#15
I'm starting to believe that the political polling process in America is completely subjective.
Maedhros
Dec 2015
#22
If people knew the truth MSM would be running for the hills, Bernie is the only candidate telling us
orpupilofnature57
Dec 2015
#29
I guess since no polling is accurate, then I guess the only subjective measurement there
LiberalArkie
Dec 2015
#34
If this was such an unimportant/unscientific poll why did Hillary send THIS email?
dorkzilla
Dec 2015
#35
"I'm the only Democrat in this race who's pledged not to raise taxes on families making less than
stillwaiting
Dec 2015
#236
You think a dataset of nearly 271,000 isn't large enough to make quality projection? What about
Ed Suspicious
Dec 2015
#95
You would do well to know a bit of history about media/poll winning, here let me help you with that.
NotHardly
Dec 2015
#53
Right. All one has to do is give a name (real or not), email address (real or not) and zip code....
George II
Dec 2015
#70
Like you, I have two that are pretty active (one I use to respond to spam) and........
George II
Dec 2015
#74
They also proved h supporters have multiple email accounts and she still lost. nt
artislife
Dec 2015
#203
Bernie had a huge majority in this actual bona fide vote, no doubt about it.
thereismore
Dec 2015
#76
This was a poll of members of liberal organization. They follow politics closely.
Eric J in MN
Dec 2015
#99
It was a DFA membership poll. Words have meanings. They don't change meanings when Bernie
merrily
Dec 2015
#128
Who claimed that an organization's endorsement represents the nation as a whole?
merrily
Dec 2015
#294
Hmm, so the DNC vendor screws up and Bernie's campaign reports the screw up and they suspend
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#210
I don't see any randomness in the sampling method, which throws up statistical red flags. eom
yawnmaster
Dec 2015
#272
And even then, most people don't answer their cell phones for strange numbers....
retrowire
Dec 2015
#290