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Christine O’Donnell Win More Likely ( As of 10/30-31, she is within 5)
Conservatives4Congress ^ | 11/01/2010

Posted on 11/01/2010 5:59:08 PM PDT by Brices Crossroads

Yup, the guys at Freedomist and The Conservative Journal continue to imply that an O'Donnell win is not all that unlikely. They say that all these polls that show her trailing by double digits, are using outdated poll assumptions and inaccurate numbers.. Read for yourself. As the saying goes, 'We report...you decide'!

The invincible juggernaut, Chris Coons, in the Delaware Senate Race may be more vulnerable to a Christine O’Donnell win in tomorrow’s special Delaware Election than previously thought. A number of factors reveal the polls being publicized may be based on outdated assumptions about the voter make-up that will show up in tomorrow’s election for the Delaware Senate Seat once held by Vice President Joe Biden.

Our polling for this race has largely shown a result that’s more favorable to O’Donnell, though recent polling by Tea Party Express has corroborated our 6-point O’Donnell deficit. Polls that give Coons a lead of 18, 19, and 20 points are, much like in the case of the California races, using inaccurate numbers to represent the composition of voters.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: christineodonnell; delaware; odonnell; palin; sarahpalin
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Not that I am that enamored with any poll this cycle, and some have criticized the Conservative Journal Polls, because they do not publish internals. I do not rely on polls at all in primary races or in off year elections. I prefer solider historical trends and turnout models that more closely resemble both the national trend and the reliability with which the particular state has followed national trends.

The National Trends--I do not know what turnout model TCJ used. I know some of the other polls that have shown O'Donnell down by double digits have used the 2008 turnout model, which is patently ridiculous since it was a huge Democrat year and a favorite son was running for both the Senate and the Vice Presidency. Let me sum it up very succinctly: The Gallup screen is historically the most accurate. It is currently 55-40 , which is GOP +15. If the GOP and GOP leaners are +15 in turnout (I daresay no poll has used such a screen, not even TCJ), then O'Donnell is the Senator, even though there are more registered Democrats. And this is highly likely. The numbers are trending, and trending hard, in the GOP's favor in every single race. There is no reason why Delaware would be an exception if deep blue Illinois is moving to the GOP. The reason there has been no public polling in OVER TWO WEEKS is that it would confirm this, I suspect. We had the same blackout of public polls before the primary, when the upset was brewing

Delaware and the National Trend-- Between 1952 and 2000, Delaware voted for the winner in every single Presidential race. (That included lopsided wins in 1984 and 1988 for Reagan or his surrogate) It is the classic bellwether state. This year will be no exception. there is no reason why it should be. In fact, because O'Donnell is an excellent candidate and Coons is abysmal, the trend should be, if anything, even sharper in favor of the GOP in DE.

http://theconservativejournal.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/tcj-research-1030-1031-poll-christine-odonnell-pushes-to-within-5-points-of-chris-coons-in-delaware-senate-race/

1 posted on 11/01/2010 5:59:17 PM PDT by Brices Crossroads
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To: truthfreedom; Al B.; Jim Robinson; DelaWhere; Delacon; MarkLevinFan; onyx; Virginia Ridgerunner; ...

Coons leads by 50-45 as of yesterday. If Christine gets out her vote, she wins.

http://theconservativejournal.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/tcj-research-1030-1031-poll-christine-odonnell-pushes-to-within-5-points-of-chris-coons-in-delaware-senate-race/


2 posted on 11/01/2010 6:02:33 PM PDT by Brices Crossroads
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To: Brices Crossroads

OMG! Don’t tease me like this! I’ve been begging my liberal friends for their votes for Christine and for Glen Urquhart (who may have been hurt by Christine’s star quality). Tomorrow could be a GLORIOUS day!


3 posted on 11/01/2010 6:02:33 PM PDT by Hurricane Andrew (History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.)
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To: Brices Crossroads

Somehow I don’t see Chris Coons as an “invincible juggernaut.” Go Christine!


4 posted on 11/01/2010 6:05:06 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius.)
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To: Brices Crossroads
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Spread this picture around and that should be worth a good 5 points...or more for Christine!

5 posted on 11/01/2010 6:05:11 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Brices Crossroads

I would love to see Rove and the establishment have to pack that into their pipe and smoke it on election night.


6 posted on 11/01/2010 6:05:58 PM PDT by Naplm
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To: Naplm

“I would love to see Rove and the establishment have to pack that into their pipe and smoke it on election night.”

Not to mention the exploding heads on MSLSD.


7 posted on 11/01/2010 6:08:15 PM PDT by Brices Crossroads
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To: Brices Crossroads
I hope like hell I get to watch Sarah Palin and Tokyo Rove discussing O'Donnell's victory sitting across the table from each other tomorrow night.

I can dream, can't I? LOL.

8 posted on 11/01/2010 6:08:42 PM PDT by Al B.
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To: Brices Crossroads

I would love it but I’m not counting chickens here.


9 posted on 11/01/2010 6:08:44 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice.)
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To: EGPWS

“Spread this picture around and that should be worth a good 5 points...or more for Christine!”

Yea. Coons is a great candidate /sarc/ He is so magnetic. LOL


10 posted on 11/01/2010 6:09:23 PM PDT by Brices Crossroads
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To: Brices Crossroads

Well, I predicted that the conservative journal would show Christine at -5 a few days ago.


11 posted on 11/01/2010 6:11:42 PM PDT by truthfreedom
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To: Al B.

“I hope like hell I get to watch Sarah Palin and Tokyo Rove discussing O’Donnell’s victory sitting across the table from each other tomorrow night.”

It ain’t dreaming if it happens, Al. I think it will. I have the same feeling I had on November 3, 1980. A lot os liberal bastions are going to fall. WHen Massachusetts and NY went to Regan, I knew all things were possible with the right candidate and in the right year. You have both tomorrow in DE.


12 posted on 11/01/2010 6:12:29 PM PDT by Brices Crossroads
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To: Hurricane Andrew

Watching RINO heads explode after an O’Donnell win would be far more entertaining than even watching the lib media melting down after the GOP electoral landslide.


13 posted on 11/01/2010 6:12:29 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Brices Crossroads

She could turn to the camera and say Hey Rove, “you betcha!”


14 posted on 11/01/2010 6:13:14 PM PDT by badpacifist (Conservative Nut Job? Yes I have nuts and a job.)
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To: EGPWS
Dos Marxist Amigos! This means we take the Senate! Goodbye, ObamaCare!
15 posted on 11/01/2010 6:15:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. ~Mencken)
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To: Al B.

Tokyo Rove...LMAO...I love it.


16 posted on 11/01/2010 6:16:00 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: truthfreedom

“Well, I predicted that the conservative journal would show Christine at -5 a few days ago.”

In this particular case, I think they are being too conservative, no pun intended. I think she is ahead by several points if you employ the Gallup screen. Everything I have looked at from historical trends to fundraising to facebook fans suggests that she is ahead or, rather, that more of her voters will show up tomorrow than his.


17 posted on 11/01/2010 6:17:00 PM PDT by Brices Crossroads
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To: Brices Crossroads

The problem is, if O’Donnell wins, it will almost certainly be by a razor-thin margin. Traditionally, that means recounts and court cases until the Repubs throw up their hands and say, okay you rascally communists, we’ll just give you this one. And that assumes the Repubs CARE what happens to O’Donnell... based on what we’ve seen from them thus far, I’m not sure they’d even fight for her for a single day.


18 posted on 11/01/2010 6:20:37 PM PDT by workerbee (We're not scared, Maobama -- we're pissed off!)
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To: Brices Crossroads

Nothing would give me more pleasure tomorrow night than to see Rove on Fox having to eat serious crow under Sarah Palin’s righteous glare over an O’Donnell victory.


19 posted on 11/01/2010 6:22:23 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Brices Crossroads

This from Redstate, Oct. 30
Final Gubernatorial and Senatorial Predictions by numbers
O’Donnell(R)-52%, Coons(D)-47%, Rash(L)-1%
http://tinyurl.com/2uweh24
But couldn’t find the source,


20 posted on 11/01/2010 6:23:23 PM PDT by Billy Daniel
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