I smell a media rat: Obama/McCain 08, Obama/Romney 12, Clinton/Trump 16, all tied in August polls

Gallup, Yahoo News

[meangene]

Does anyone else smell a very large MEDIA RAT with these back and forth polls, now showing, in the late summer, Clinton and Trump tied?

Remember Obama and McCain in 08: http://www.gallup.com/poll/109564/Gallup-Daily-McCain-Obama-Tied-44.aspx

How 'bout Obama and Romney in 12: https://www.yahoo.com/news/likely-voters-show-obama-romney-tied-race-white-101234519.html

[meangene]

This is exactly what they want to drive business to their sites, sister publications, and of course to serve their liberal agendas.

Thoughts my Freerepublic friends?

[ROCKLOBSTER]

I smell a media rat

Aka, a RATagandist.

[VitacoreVision]

Liberal media bias has long been an open secret. But now it’s so bad that even a liberal mainstream newspaper notes that, in an effort to destroy Donald Trump, the media have jumped the shark.

Clinton vs. Trump? No, It’s the Media vs. America
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/23800-clinton-vs-trump-no-it-s-the-media-vs-america

[uncitizen]

I’ve been calling Barbara Streisand on these polls for weeks.

[Voluntaryist]

This is exactly what they want to drive business to their sites...

Yes!! If they were telling the truth and doing polls without high +D, they'd have absolutely nothing to talk about from now until November.

[dp0622]

Pretty much shows the division in the country.

Bush won by a handful 16 years ago.

Been a long time since a blowout.

But with kids staying home or voting green, hillary has no chance, imo.

[alloysteel]

They really don’t have a handle on things, do they?

There is a serious misreading of the samples and their relative importance in this fall’s election, just as there is a serious misreading of what it is that The Donald is SAYING.

Just a very long and far-reaching dog whistle, reaching people who may not have voted for YEARS, or never at all.

[SoFloFreeper]

No, I think they are all really tied.

[Leep]

Does anyone actually think to themselves.. “I was going to vote for Trump but he is behind in the polls so i am all in for hillary.” ?

[fortheDeclaration]

Agreed.

The grassroot Democrats don't want Hillary, just like we didn't want McCain and Romney.

This time their voters will stay home, ours won't.

[disndat]

That isn’t thinking.

[VanDeKoik]

I’ve said it in previous elections.

Polls do not just settle into a “tie” this often. This is the same as tossing quarters and constantly hitting an even number of heads and tails.

Honestly before 2000 you never saw this.

It is seriously just to keep things “hot” and the clicks coming in.

[goldstategop]

Undecideds broke for Obama both times.

Same voters are likely to break for Hillary.

Don’t be surprised if the Obama coalition powers her to victory in November.

[txrefugee]

The polls will stay tight to frighten the Democrat Dependent Class and so that the results won’t look so strange when the Democrats fool with the vote totals on Election Day.

[needmorePaine]

She doesn’t have the same coalition as Obama. She doesn’t have enthusiasm among young voters and won’t get the same levels of minority support.

[goldstategop]

Because of that, she would win with fewer votes than Obama.

A perfect setup for her and her minions to steal the election.

They can’t cheat if it isn’t close.

[DoughtyOne]

Couldn't agree more.  Hillary isn't inspiring anyone.  I fact she's turning off her base rather than sprking it to support her.
These polls are pure factasy.

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[DuncanWaring]

McCain and Romney both gave up in September.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Undecideds broke for Obama both times. Same voters are likely to break for Hillary.

Yes, them and the dead.

Don’t be surprised if the Obama coalition powers her to victory in November.

Yes, they are the masters of election fraud.

[Hostage]

Before Cleveland, it was reported that high ranking democrats were “FREAKING OUT” because their own polling showed Trump with a wide lead.

This reporting continued for weeks until suddenly after the democrat convention Clinton zooms ahead by double digits.

Yeah, sure.

And of course, the democrat lovefest was preceded by media uniting to hammer Trump’s convention speech for being “Dark”.

Yeah, sure.

They know they’ve lost the voters.

But they still think they’ve won the election, why?

Here is one reason:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3462821/posts?page=22#22

and here is another:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3462821/posts?page=26#26