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Donald Trump continues to slide in the polls ... (BARF ALERT!!)
AOL ^ | Oct 17th 2016 4:00AM | AOL.com Editors

Posted on 10/17/2016 6:50:20 AM PDT by imardmd1

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Expected, AOL's thumb on the scales again.
1 posted on 10/17/2016 6:50:21 AM PDT by imardmd1
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I wish pot was legal everywhere so All the worried FReepers could buy about 4 or 5 ounces to get them through the election.

#### the polls.

They’re just that. Polls.

If they decided the election, then i would be concerned.

But that voting thing still happens on the eighth.


2 posted on 10/17/2016 6:52:33 AM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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This is great. In the instructions to Hillarys Troll Army, there were instructions to make frequent references to 538 because they were in Hillarys pocket.

And here it is! LOL


3 posted on 10/17/2016 6:53:06 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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The problem here is the Polling aggregators treat all polls as equal. That means if someone thumb is on the scale at say, NBC, it skew the results in a certain direction.


4 posted on 10/17/2016 6:53:36 AM PDT by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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According to SevenNinetySeven’s Forecaster Forecast, AOL.commie is still a full bucket of festering, steaming dogcrap.


5 posted on 10/17/2016 6:54:21 AM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everyone stands around reloading.)
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October/November
Reagan Carter Anderson
40% 44% 9%
39% 45% 9%
47% 44% 8%
Actual result
51% 41% 7%


6 posted on 10/17/2016 6:54:33 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?)
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This is great. In the instructions to Hillarys Troll Army, there were instructions to make frequent references to 538 because they were in Hillarys pocket.

Yes! The first thing I thought of. It said that if individual polls favor Trump, focus on the averages friendly to Hillary, specifically 538.

We know the media is part of the Clinton campaign. We know law enforcement agencies are corrupt. Voting itself looks compromised. It's not crazy to think polling is manipulated.
7 posted on 10/17/2016 6:57:18 AM PDT by needmorePaine
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AOL is still in business?

hmm.

8 posted on 10/17/2016 6:58:15 AM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
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Has 538 explained why some polls are using such a skewed amount of Democrats? Didn’t think so.


9 posted on 10/17/2016 6:58:47 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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This will backfire on the Dems. Hillary has no enthusiasm. The Dem voters, seeing and believing they're ahead, based on the polls, will stay home; since it's in the bag anyway - no worries, right.

Trump will win in a landslide.

10 posted on 10/17/2016 6:59:19 AM PDT by captain_dave
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I don’t like this result therefore 538 is wrong.


11 posted on 10/17/2016 7:01:38 AM PDT by Raycpa
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538 gave Trump a very low chance of winning the nomination, right?


12 posted on 10/17/2016 7:01:41 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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AOL’s track record on predicting the future isn’t so great


13 posted on 10/17/2016 7:02:33 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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Pretty much how it works. I remember reading the exact same thing in 2008 and 2012. The polls are wrong... the polls are wrong!!! And they weren’t wrong. I believe 538 picked every state..... yet for some reason this year he’s way off. I’m not buying it.

Trump spends way too much time talking about the bimbo attacks instead of staying on message. Hillary Clinton is the most beatable candidate the Dems have put up in decades, and we’re blowing it. Makes me want to start drinking before noon.


14 posted on 10/17/2016 7:04:59 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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Exactly. Too many people are living and dying with every poll and not sleeping because of the thought of vote fraud. We can only do what we can and that’s vote, and convince the fence sitters to vote for Trump. Let the man upstairs ultimately decide our fate as a nation. I believe he will guide the majority of Americans to do the right thing, and will punish those who will try to harm this nation. Faith is what keeps me going or else I would be in the ranks of the constant worriers and hand wringers.


15 posted on 10/17/2016 7:05:45 AM PDT by dowcaet
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16 posted on 10/17/2016 7:06:06 AM PDT by wtd
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But FiveThirtyEights isn’t so bad. Especially in 2012. They nailed every state.


17 posted on 10/17/2016 7:09:12 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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Sure, of course. The script is Clinton in a landslide.

The script can't have a close race, because that would motivate Trump supporters. The script MUST be that Clinton is crushing Trump, the election is over. The polls will support the script, and the press will reinforce the script with the usual poll plus speculation (reasons why) cocktail.

It's all gaslighting.

18 posted on 10/17/2016 7:10:13 AM PDT by Cboldt
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This isn’t even a “poll”, the author is just pulling Nate Silver’s worthless ‘Hillary has a 99% of beating Sanders in Michigan!’ numbers.


19 posted on 10/17/2016 7:15:54 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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With the 24/7 media hype about the recent accusations, no wonder the public is rating him lower.
The polls reflect the emotion of the moment, not reasoned thinking. But then, the American public is not capable of reasoned thinking.


20 posted on 10/17/2016 7:20:33 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Freedom of speech: an illusion that Americans hold fast to, although it disappeared decades ago.)
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