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Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
22. You never answered mine.
Sat Dec 28, 2019, 05:53 PM
Dec 2019

Asking a question to deflect from the point at hand is a losing tactic. The issue is you claimed they're lying about the fewer polls by citing cost. Your initial point in your original post said:

The moderator blames the lack of polls 14 in 2016 versus only 4 in 2019 on money, I believe that's bullshit, it shouldn't be that much more difficult to reach voters in 2019 than 2015.

I just explained to you why it was harder to reach voters in 2019 than it was in 2015 - just as it was harder to reach voters in 2015 compared to 2012.

I assume you'll continue to gloss over all the evidence I've presented because you have no answer for it and it doesn't fit your narrative that the polls just decided, the last few weeks, to purposely hold back in reporting results, despite this being a trend now for each of the last four election cycles, because they want to undercut the supposed Bernie surge. That's a crackpot theory and I showed you why.

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

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No idea. crazytown Dec 2019 #1
They knew Bernie would be surging in December but didn't want to promote it. n/t Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #2
Not everything that happens is an anti-Bernie conspiracy, Uncle Joe. maybe they just got tired of beastie boy Dec 2019 #7
Biden is sliding in the polls and has been for months, Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #9
He will need to do a hell of a lot more sliding before he can challenge anyone for the #2 position! beastie boy Dec 2019 #10
This just isn't true. Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #16
Thank You DarthDem Dec 2019 #26
Please stop. sheshe2 Dec 2019 #30
That's the difference between what one considers "miraculous" and Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #33
Non answer. nt sheshe2 Dec 2019 #34
. TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #35
I was puzzled ritapria Dec 2019 #3
Not money so much as fear of being wrong judeling Dec 2019 #4
I believe December polls would prove otherwise. Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #6
National Polls sure but early state level polls are greatly dimiished. judeling Dec 2019 #11
That changes in December; only six weeks away from the vote. In 2016 they had 14 polls Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #12
See Reply 14... Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #15
The polls weren't really wrong in 2016, the polls changed. StevieM Dec 2019 #27
all part of the massive bernie blackout lol. nt msongs Dec 2019 #5
Yes. n/t Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #8
Oh my God, they are missing yet another Bernie surge! justhanginon Dec 2019 #13
OMG i blinked & missed it onetexan Dec 2019 #31
It's not bullshit - & there's a clear trend. Polling has significantly decreased each election cycle Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #14
I guess that's one advantage individual donors and donations have over polls, Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #17
Except the decrease aligns perfectly with the trend. Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #18
When are polls most valuable or accurate Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #19
If it's a conspiracy against your candidate, why have they decreased each cycle since 2008? Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #20
You never answered my question. Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #21
You never answered mine. Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #22
You never asked a question but I did and you still haven't answered it. n/t Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #23
I did. Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #24
The point I was getting at and to which you couldn't/wouldn't acknowledge Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #25
I guess it is possible that a slew of new polls will come out on Monday. StevieM Dec 2019 #29
Three days left in the month, Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #32
Perhaps you would like to kick in some money to finance those polls? TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #36
or perhaps feeling the spirit. n/t Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #37
Thank You it is a huge problem. judeling Dec 2019 #28
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