Hanging your analysis on one poll is problematic (Reply #49)

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49. Hanging your analysis on one poll is problematic

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49 replies	Author	Time	Post
This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]	kentuck	Aug 2019	OP
When he is not the frontrunner	Watchfoxheadexplodes	Aug 2019	#1
The only poll that shows a significant drop in support is the Monmouth poll.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Aug 2019	#2
Oh you caught that, too?	DrToast	Aug 2019	#4
Forgot about the latest Economist/YouGov Poll perhaps?	bluewater	Aug 2019	#6
the data on that poll is interesting	Grasswire2	Aug 2019	#8
From Nate Silver re recent poll	Gothmog	Aug 2019	#10
The sample size does seem small for a national poll	BannonsLiver	Aug 2019	#12
This guy makes an interesting point.	Hassin Bin Sober	Aug 2019	#47
Gaffes are one thing. I can live with	gldstwmn	Aug 2019	#3
Shhhh...	kentuck	Aug 2019	#7
This message was self-deleted by its author	bluewater	Aug 2019	#9
Oops I forgot.	gldstwmn	Aug 2019	#24
Now the GOP is CERTAIN to imply he is senile if he is the nominee...why do people fall for	Eliot Rosewater	Aug 2019	#32
Do you think the GOP depends on DU for their talking points? I hate to break it to you but	jalan48	Aug 2019	#34
So we bury our heads in the sand. And guess what? The fucking GOP is going to say it anyway.	Autumn	Aug 2019	#41
I didn't attack anyone. My opinion is Biden	gldstwmn	Aug 2019	#48
IKR!! How is that allowed?!	InAbLuEsTaTe	Aug 2019	#39
This message was self-deleted by its author	BannonsLiver	Aug 2019	#44
Potential smear there	redstateblues	Aug 2019	#27
It's a difficult thing, and comes down to the 'gut feel' of the individual viewer.	AtheistCrusader	Aug 2019	#38
+1 K&R	onetexan	Aug 2019	#45
You do realize that this "latest" poll was taken about 10 days ago, around the same time the CNN	Skya Rhen	Aug 2019	#5
It was taken LATER the CNN Poll though.	bluewater	Aug 2019	#11
By CNN'S Harry Enten	Skya Rhen	Aug 2019	#14
Yes, he still remains in the lead. One poll doesn't cut it. Not my opinion but the experts at 538	Thekaspervote	Aug 2019	#26
That makes sense	Green Line	Aug 2019	#15
Serious question. Did you write a "Kamala Harris campaign is in trouble" thread in the last two	riverine	Aug 2019	#13
Biden is the front runner nt.	Trenzalore	Aug 2019	#17
One poll not "polls". Monmouth is an outlier with a 5.7% MOE. Wrong on his age group stat too.	Princetonian	Aug 2019	#16
and then there's this poll here on DU. Biden +1 from 2 weeks ago. Warren has surged here. nt	floppyboo	Aug 2019	#23
That's true... DU is a rare group of political wonks. Doesn't represent the voting public thou	Thekaspervote	Aug 2019	#35
Missed that. Probably on ignore.	floppyboo	Aug 2019	#40
Thanks. No surprise...	Princetonian	Aug 2019	#36
My focus	DownriverDem	Aug 2019	#18
This!	Thekaspervote	Aug 2019	#37
Um...	AtheistCrusader	Aug 2019	#42
I thought from the very beginning that this huge field would come down to Elizabeth vs Joe.	paulkienitz	Aug 2019	#19
It's going to be way more interesting as Sanders v. Warren! Imagine That!!! nt	floppyboo	Aug 2019	#25
the single Monmouth poll is an outlier as per this CNN analysis. Time (and more polls) will tell...	hlthe2b	Aug 2019	#20
Wishful thinking on your part and what about Sen. Warren's inabiity so far to connect with AA voters	Demsrule86	Aug 2019	#21
And that's the real story: "Joe Biden Still Leads."	emmaverybo	Aug 2019	#22
If she can't she will share the same fate as HRC	redstateblues	Aug 2019	#28
Indeed SC the bellwether for the AA vote is not good at just 2%	Thekaspervote	Aug 2019	#43
I will quote Al Davis	Eliot Rosewater	Aug 2019	#29
I think that it is really too early	BlueMTexpat	Aug 2019	#30
You know what they say about opinions	redstateblues	Aug 2019	#31
the normies haven't waded in yet. the polling (all polling) will be more accurate in a month.	Kurt V.	Aug 2019	#33
I believe it is going to come down to Biden versus Warren for the nomination.	Blue_true	Aug 2019	#46
Hanging your analysis on one poll is problematic	brooklynite	Aug 2019	#49

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