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To: Maceman; Sidebar Moderator

Warning: Washington Post polls are junk surveys with major sampling bias issues

6-26-16 | Lowly sidebar mod

Posted on 6/26/2016, 3:12:05 PM by Sidebar Moderator

The Washington Post is actively trying to demoralize the Republican base to depress fundraising and recruitment and ultimately to suppress turnout in November by promoting their false narrative that Trump has no chance. Think about that before posting the same poll over and over from different sources. You know who you are.

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10 posted on 06/27/2016 8:54:24 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (We will begin to read about the HCexit, Ryexit, MCexit, OBexit, GOPexit, NATOexit to go with Brexit!)
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To: Grampa Dave

This happens every election cycle. Early polls are slanted to show the D way ahead, in an effort to demoralize Republicans. Then, as the election approaches, they tighten to more closely approximate reality.

This election, there are larger than usual numbers of voters who are undecided. These voters typically break against the incumbent. That effect will favor Trump.

Moreover, it’s possible that the polls are not accurately predicting/identifying/factoring in some of Trump’s supporters, who come from segments of the population that normally don’t vote.

All in all, I think the only thing one can safely say is that either candidate could win, and polling is likely to be a little bit less accurate than usual.


39 posted on 06/27/2016 9:04:43 AM PDT by TheConservator ("The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal." -- Aristotle)
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To: Grampa Dave

Of course the MSM is trying to demoralize us. But they can do it with lies or truth. In this case it is prbably true. I hear the enthusiasm for Donald diminishing. Big time and reluctantly in most cases.


72 posted on 06/27/2016 9:29:48 AM PDT by amihow (l)
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To: Grampa Dave; Sidebar Moderator; VanDeKoik; Red Steel; BigEdLB; Mozilla

Let’s not forget that The Federalist is the cRuz loving blog. They are the ones who were rolling out non-stop anti-Trump stories, when cRuz was still in the race. They’ve continued their negative Trump articles, since.

The publisher, Ben Dominech, is the co-founder of RedState (TedState).

Take a look at their articles, and you’ll see a definite anti-Trump history.

Take this article with the same grain of salt that you would anything from TedState.


96 posted on 06/27/2016 10:07:02 AM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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