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How did everyone get it so wrong?
Politico ^ | 11/09/2016 | Kenneth P. Vogel and Alex Isenstadt

Posted on 11/09/2016 12:57:26 AM PST by plangent

Everybody was wrong. Again.

When Election Day dawned, almost all the pollsters, analytics nerds and political insiders in the country had Hillary Clinton waltzing into the White House.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: bubblelife; clueless; urbanhermits
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To: plangent

I didn’t get it wrong!

Love the meme


41 posted on 11/09/2016 1:49:31 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast ("Now it's up to the American people to deliver justice")
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To: plangent

All polls have ‘secret sauce’, which is inevitably based on turn out from past elections. When the turnout changes, the polls are worthless.


42 posted on 11/09/2016 1:56:15 AM PST by chb
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To: plangent
I knew. 6 AM when the polls opened. Over 60 people lined up at the doors when they opened. I have never seen that many. By the time I voted the parking lot outside was full. This in a district where 300 votes total would have been good participation.
43 posted on 11/09/2016 2:02:43 AM PST by M.K. Borders (All I require of my government is the liberty my Grandfathers were born to.)
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To: AlaskaErik

Hillary took more time listening to concerts then the American people. Also she spent time preparing to be president then working to be president.


44 posted on 11/09/2016 2:03:09 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: plangent

They were based on polls. Polls are taken by calling landline phones. Everyone I know uses cell phones.


45 posted on 11/09/2016 2:06:02 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: Xenophon450

Excellent graphic.


46 posted on 11/09/2016 2:08:20 AM PST by gogeo (Black Lives Matter to Donald Trump.)
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To: plangent

Reading that article reinforced the idea that G-d arranged his election.


47 posted on 11/09/2016 2:41:37 AM PST by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Mount Athos

They aren’t talking about prayer either. Many of us prayed for Devine Intervention and we got it!


48 posted on 11/09/2016 2:46:09 AM PST by jch10 (Stand strong! We have a country to save!)
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To: plangent
BY LYING ! 💣 💣 💣 💣 💣 💣
49 posted on 11/09/2016 2:58:10 AM PST by chit*chat
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To: plangent

Depends on how you define ‘everyone,’ moron.


50 posted on 11/09/2016 3:01:41 AM PST by AdaGray
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To: plangent

A couple weeks back, all of the Canadian media declared Hillary President....and now they are all shocked.

Walking around leftist stronghold in Toronto today - it looks like scenes from the Walking Dead out there.....hahahahaha.

This is just soooo beautiful.


51 posted on 11/09/2016 3:47:08 AM PST by Catholic Canadian
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To: plangent

52 posted on 11/09/2016 3:47:53 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: BinaryBoy

EHH, HEH, HEH, HEH, HEH! Time for the bitch to waddle home with her tail between her legs...


53 posted on 11/09/2016 5:42:38 AM PST by W. (Half the political candidates are insane. And most of the Republicans aren't any better. Go Trump!)
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To: plangent
Without my clicking, after a while politico sent me to video casting doubt on the integrity of voting: http://www.ivotedmovie.com/

Which would be dismissed of Trump lost. Yet this will work against them if they begin headlining "Clinton won the popular vote." Yet which margin could likely be so small as to be within an acceptable margin of error.

54 posted on 11/09/2016 6:39:07 AM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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To: plangent

Actually the “polls” may have been right. The national vote is essentially tied, with Hillary even slightly ahead. However, Trump won more states with narrow margins giving him an electoral win. Thank God for the wisdom of the founders, the Republic, and the electoral college system.


55 posted on 11/09/2016 6:44:12 AM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: ping jockey

Aren’t you happy this whole crookedy snookedy schlookedy of the these two clintoons is over?

And NOT ONCE! did I ever hear or read (well perhaps in a minimal way) that if she did achieve the office that in effect it would be a Bill Clinton de facto presidency? even if she was inaugurated?.....

I swear I never heard THAT argument because I think pple were trying to be nice but it was very real in my mind whether Hitlery was in good or bad health it would have
been BOTH running the White House.


57 posted on 11/09/2016 7:14:40 AM PST by thesligoduffyflynns (TRUMP 2016)
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To: plangent

Yes and Kudos to the true believers here.

It might be the sample sizes, at least that must be the case with the state polls because they were ridiculously off. For instance I thought we would have done BETTER in FL and nowhere near as good obviously in PA and WI. Trump was nowhere close in the WI polls.

Question is was it incompetence or deliberate? And surely people putting real money at stake in the election bets didn’t make their bets based on the polls did they?


58 posted on 11/09/2016 10:24:28 AM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: HamiltonJay
I'm waiting for the final numbers. Curious where Hillary exceeded Obama’s vote. Seems to me a record number of votes were cast, but could be wrong.
59 posted on 11/09/2016 10:29:55 AM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: dp0622

I would like to see the popular vote go his way by the end of counting, or we will never hear the end of it.


60 posted on 11/09/2016 10:30:52 AM PST by Sam Gamgee
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