Posted on 10/22/2016 7:45:48 AM PDT by mandaladon
Something funny is happening in the major national polling department of this presidential race and no one’s talking about it.
First, somehow the narrative seems to be developing that the polls show Clinton with a near insurmountable lead.
Not so fast.
Not so fast at all.
There is a very large gap between Trump and Clinton’s current national standing, as revealed by Goebbels/Pravda (CBS, NBC, ABC/Washington Post), on the one hand, versus the picture painted by three respected polling organizations that are not part of the propaganda wing of the Democratic Party, on the other:
Here are some of the numbers available Friday, October 21, 2016:
Goebbels/Pravda: (with NBC and CBS as reported by RCP on the afternoon of Friday, October 21, 2016):
ABC/Washington Post: 47-43, Clinton
NBC: 51-43, Clinton
CBS: 51-40, Clinton
Non-Propaganda Machine-affiliated: (as reported on the afternoon of Friday October 21, 2016):
IBT/TIPP: 41-40, Trump
LA Times/USC Tracking: 44.5-43.8, Trump
Rasmussen: 43-41, Trump
To say there’s a huge difference between the current state of the race as depicted by Goebbels/Pravda versus that shown by major independent polling organizations, would be risible understatement.
The propaganda arm of the Democratic Party is showing a runaway race, while the independents present an extremely tight one, with Trump frequently leading by a nose.
I have no idea who’s right, but I’m certain of this: both can’t be.
As our twenty-five year olds would ask: “Dude, what’s up with that?”
Why no discussion of this huge discrepancy?
Why the assumption by the media that it’s in the bag for what’s her name?
By the way, regarding an item of terminology:
I submit that “Goebbels/Pravda” is a moniker the gang of six has more than richly earned by its collective coverage of “The News” in this presidential election.
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You can go out and find a current poll that says exactly what YOU want it to show on either side of the isle.
Pollsters realize that the person/organization that is paying for the poll usually likes to have the poll reflect what they are looking for and if you give them a poll that they like , they'll be back next week for another one.
Polls, like just about everything else in today's society, are rigged to make a buck.
They shouldn’t be counted until election day. Too many opportunities for fraud before then, especially by the Dems.
I have two (extremely light-hearted) objections to your post:
1) how can you watch Shep Smith?
2) even in jest, saying “bigly” bothers me, because whenever Trump says “big league” it is misquoted as “bigly” by his detractors who wish to advance the narrative that Trump is dumb, inarticulate, and uses words that don’t exist. It used to embarrass me when Bush said “nucular” instead of “nuclear” - but in that case, it was true. It would embarrass me if Trump said “bigly”, but he doesn’t - he’s saying “big league”!
Election day proved that to be a complete fabrication in hopes of influencing voters to vote for Carter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hrA9-6o4tI
Queens at 1:13.
Wait a minute. I’m a Pole and I vote ;)
I stopped pol watching years ago. What will be, will be.
Bigly is in the dictionary.
If they think we will steal the election then they need to put in voter ID at all polling stations! lol
I’m hoping Trump will try to do something with Voter I.D.; making it mandatory, just like a driver’s license, could be a winning strategy.
Then, all we have to worry about is people making phony I.D. cards .. LOL
Perhaps so, but no serious writer, editor, or English professor would consider ‘bigly’ acceptable, unless used in the dialogue of a character who was not intended to come off as being the least bit intelligent.
In any case, I am VERY glad Trump doesn’t say ‘bigly’, as it would make him sound illiterate. He is saying “big league”.
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