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Wisconsin Becomes Ground Zero in Advanced Political / Media Warfare…(Trump leads in one poll)
Conservative Treehouse ^ | 3/30/2016 | Sundance

Posted on 03/30/2016 6:09:53 PM PDT by GilGil

Two recent polls from Wisconsin highlight the bizarre world of information contrast. ◾One poll of 6,000 from Optimus Research; ◾And another poll of 471 from Marquette University Law School.

Take all of this poll data with a grain of salt. Instead look at the visible activity you can rely upon. The crowds, or the raw data which has not reached a filter.

Last Night – Between 8 and 9 p.m., when Cruz answered questions from Anderson Cooper and GOP voters in Wisconsin, CNN averaged 2.78 million viewers, 853,000 of whom were in the demo. Between 9 and 10 p.m., when it was Trump’s turn, CNN averaged 4.04 million viewers, with 1.33 million in the demo.

That’s 45.32% more people who tuned in to watch Donald Trump than watched Ted Cruz on the same show.

Kasich was on last, between 10 and 11 p.m. During that hour, CNN averaged 2.97 million viewers, with 999,000 in the demo.

CNN’s closest competitor during the evening, Fox News, also saw a boost when Trump appeared on Sean Hannity’s 10 p.m. show. Hannity’s program with Trump averaged 466,000 in the demo, almost half as many as watched Kasich on CNN. (link)

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 1sundancespin; 2016; conjobtrumphouse; election; notbreaking; trump; trumphappens; wi2016; wisconsin
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To: GilGil

Last Night – Between 8 and 9 p.m., when Cruz answered questions from Anderson Cooper and GOP voters in Wisconsin, CNN averaged 2.78 million viewers, 853,000 of whom were in the demo. Between 9 and 10 p.m., when it was Trump’s turn, CNN averaged 4.04 million viewers, with 1.33 million in the demo.


Winning elections is all about voter enthusiasm and how energized the population is to get to actually show up and vote.


61 posted on 03/30/2016 10:56:49 PM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: dfwgator

Brussels had a really bad week


62 posted on 03/30/2016 10:58:32 PM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: John Valentine
I’ll be watching the NCAA Men’s BB tourney in a few days, and if my team is down by 15 at the half

Who do you think will win it all? I've got to go with N C.

63 posted on 03/30/2016 11:11:19 PM PDT by Mr Apple ( I See The Democrats Have Unstable James Carville Back On The Payroll Again)
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To: Mike Darancette

I agree, he should go 3rd party (and me with him)


64 posted on 03/30/2016 11:17:32 PM PDT by Bubba Gump Shrimp (if God wanted Cruz to be president, he'd have been born in America)
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To: Antoninus

The Walker endorsement will hurt more than help.

Walker has approval ratings lower than Obama in Wisconsin. Check the latest polls.

Also, the polls that have Cruz ahead only seem to include registered republicans. The poll that includes everyone (WI gas an open primary) Trump is ahead and Cruz is third.


65 posted on 03/30/2016 11:27:38 PM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Antoninus

Ronald Reagan says HELLLO! Remember Reagan democrats??


66 posted on 03/30/2016 11:39:31 PM PDT by muscleg33k
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To: SamAdams76

Trumps not going to win Wisconsin. To many negative forces have conspired against him.

Vote Trump.


67 posted on 03/31/2016 3:07:58 AM PDT by Fhios (Going Donald Trump is as close to going John Galt as we'll get.)
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To: CA Conservative
"The Marquette poll is supposed to be the premier poll for Wisconsin politics."

Not with a "margin of error of 5.8%".

68 posted on 03/31/2016 3:08:38 AM PDT by StAnDeliver ("Too bad your overhauled unicorn start-up failed, Ted.")
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To: GilGil
"One poll of 6,000 from Optimus Research"

For those who bothered to actually read the internals, the takeaway is Undecided and thus Cheeseeaters are in play. A good thing.

69 posted on 03/31/2016 3:10:32 AM PDT by StAnDeliver ("Too bad your overhauled unicorn start-up failed, Ted.")
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To: lonestar67

No matter how much you wish or who you vote for, Roe v. Wade will remain untouched for decades and decades more and may never be revisited again.

This election will destroy the Conservative RINOS and it’s by your own hand this will happen.


70 posted on 03/31/2016 3:19:42 AM PDT by Fhios (Going Donald Trump is as close to going John Galt as we'll get.)
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To: lonestar67

>>He is clueless about what it means to be pro life.

What did he say that showed this cluelessness?


71 posted on 03/31/2016 3:23:34 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Bubba Gump Shrimp

At 69 years old Trump will not want to go down the rabbit hole of a 3rd party loss. He loses the nomination it is on to some other adventure. Take the airplane and the trophy wife somewhere for some quality down time. The Trumpsters will have to do their own party.


72 posted on 03/31/2016 3:31:27 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (The most vocals supporters of a good con man are the victims.)
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To: onyx

Great post!


73 posted on 03/31/2016 3:36:17 AM PDT by RedMDer (Support Free Republic and Keep FReedom ALIVE!)
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To: GilGil

And apparently Kasich got more viewers and interest than Cruz. Which is just wrong!


74 posted on 03/31/2016 4:00:32 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: Liz; stephenjohnbanker; RoosterRedux

Interesting stats in the article and the first post.

I keep smelling Romney astro-turf. FRegards ....


75 posted on 03/31/2016 4:06:10 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: GilGil

Half the country was still in the evening commute during Cruz’s portion of the program.

I would not put much stock in ratings comparisons unless it was head to head.


76 posted on 03/31/2016 4:29:34 AM PDT by plewis1250 (The pecking order: Christian, American, Conservative)
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To: onyx

Bookmark.. Great post


77 posted on 03/31/2016 4:45:20 AM PDT by JerseyDvl (Hillary's a criminal.)
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To: onyx
However, with the advent of rapid, engaging and transportable communication their grip on information has diminished severely. It is no longer necessary to take to the streets just to identify there are more of us than them.

Understandably, this is a source of much consternation – and as a direct consequence the owners of the social media communication platforms have been enlisted, many corrupted, to aid the modern usurp.

Everyone would be wise to remember, from the perspective of those in power, information is used to manipulate behavior. Polls are tools, we have continually warned of “agenda polls”, “push polls’ and polling done by Political Public Relations firms on behalf of the people who pay for them.

I read thru 100s of posts on FR. Some make me laugh. Some I want to toss the laptop out a window. But on occasion, I read a nugget like this that makes it all worth while.

78 posted on 03/31/2016 4:53:32 AM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: Bryanw92

He said women who have an abortion must face a legal. Penalty

He also said planned parenthood is a good organization


79 posted on 03/31/2016 5:03:15 AM PDT by lonestar67 (Trump is anti-conservative / Cruz 2016)
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To: Antoninus

Those people are more loyal to this country than anti Constitutional scholar Lying Ted Bush the Goldman Sachs and establishment sellout.


80 posted on 03/31/2016 5:07:57 AM PDT by JerseyDvl (Hillary's a criminal.)
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