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To: jjsheridan5

“You can’t lend validity to a vacuous statement by adding useless hypothetical general election polls as “evidence...”

Those “useless hypothetical election polls” are the best evidence we have at this point in time and are at least more predictive then the hyped anecdotal “evidence” and over emotional conjecture Trump supporters put so much faith in.

Trump has the highest negatives of any candidate in the race and that includes Hillary.

Vacuous would describe your assertions better than mine as at least I’m basing my opinion on what facts are available and not limbic wishful thinking.


460 posted on 03/15/2016 2:44:36 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: traderrob6
Those “useless hypothetical election polls” are the best evidence we have at this point in time and are at least more predictive then the hyped anecdotal “evidence” and over emotional conjecture Trump supporters put so much faith in.

These polls are no more evidence than throwing darts at a dartboard would be. As far as "over emotional". Nonsense. Just an objective view derived from reason and observation (granted, potentially flawed observation, but objective and honest). If I came to different conclusions, I would say different things. The bottom line is that we have no hard evidence at this point of anything to do with the general election (nor do we ever). What we do have is the ability to observe, and come to rational conclusions.

Your vapid statement was the epitome of an emotional response. The equivalent of a school-yard "so are you". You hear an opinion about a candidate, an opinion you (emotionally) don't like, so you retort with "yeah, well it applies to x as well." That kind of emotional, vapid, response, using non-evidence as evidence, is a perfect example of "willful blindness" (a refusal to take an honest view of what is occurring"), and conclusion that is "wrong." I can't help you any more than that. Coming to conclusions in the way that you did, well, it will only work out by chance.
470 posted on 03/15/2016 2:54:26 PM PDT by jjsheridan5
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To: traderrob6

“Trump has the highest negatives of any candidate in the race.......”

Of course he does. All Democrat/Republican elites and far lefties FEAR and HATE him. The average guy not very much.

Just look at the Chicago rally for proof!


538 posted on 03/15/2016 3:30:52 PM PDT by Forty-Niner (Ursus Arctos Horribilis (Ursa Arctos Californicus))
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To: traderrob6

That is a meaningless scale concocted by the media. If Trump's negatives were so high, he would not have right at a hundred more delegates than his nearest competitor.

That scale is as silly as the one that says 60% did NOT vote for him in XYZ primary. Of course, they never say that 80% did NOT vote for the next 2 or 3 closest contenders.

These were manufactured by the media as fillers and headline creators.
557 posted on 03/15/2016 3:43:43 PM PDT by TomGuy
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