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Democratic Primaries

5starlib

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3. Silly to do a poll for all adults when only 50% of the country votes

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Sep 8, 2019, 10:48 PM

Sep 2019

If we were in Europe, it would be fine to do a poll of all adults as they routinely have 95% of the population voting. But here, a poll among all adults is virtually useless.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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ABC/WP poll's inclusion of people not registered to vote makes Biden look weaker than he is [View all] highplainsdem Sep 2019 OP

Media wants a horse race to drive up ratings nt BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #1

Apparently. highplainsdem Sep 2019 #7

Until we have actual primary results calguy Sep 2019 #2

Silly to do a poll for all adults when only 50% of the country votes 5starlib Sep 2019 #3

Some of these pollsters are so manipulative. SMH... Skya Rhen Sep 2019 #4

Per usual highplainsdem... great break down ... sleuthing out the truth ...thx! Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #5

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2019 #6