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To: conservativepoet

Trump told Maria Bartiromo this morning that his campaign has some “good state information, we actually have some good polling information.”
Would expect Kellyanne Conway and perhaps Tony Fabrizio are conducting internal tracking polls.


23 posted on 08/09/2016 12:53:52 PM PDT by edie1960
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To: edie1960
Ronald Reagan's pollster Dick Wirthlin was one of the best there ever was. I had the distinct pleasure of taking a statistics class from one his staffers.

In the 1980 election, they knew they were going to win big when the media pundits still said it was too close to call and others even had Carter a few points ahead on October 28, 1980, the day of the final debate.

In 1984, the big media talking point was that Reagan had pulled a few points ahead while Withlin's group had him winning 45 states for sure, four were competitive and only one (Minnesota) has Mondale slightly ahead.

One election eve, the Reagan's boarded Air Force 1 to return to California, vote and await the returns. Wirthlin told him that the local GOP Chairman in Rochester, Minnesota wanted to know if he'd be willing to make a brief campaign stop at the airport there because the local candidates could use some help in time for the 10 o'clock news.

Reagan agreed and received an enthusiastic welcome. A change of less than 3000 votes would have flipped Minnesota and given him the first ever 50 state sweep, though not a unanimous vote in the electoral college due to DC. George Washington alone holds that honor.

64 posted on 08/09/2016 1:38:12 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: edie1960

Trump told Maria Bartiromo this morning that his campaign has some “good state information, we actually have some good polling information.”
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Good to know. Thanks.


91 posted on 08/09/2016 2:41:44 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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