Posted on 10/26/2016 3:35:46 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Republican Sen. Rand Paul said on Wednesday that polls showing Hillary Clinton with a lead over Donald Trump are "designed to suppress turnout."
"You know, I think sometimes polling is done to dampen election turnout so when Trump says the thing's rigged, I'm not sure exactly what he means and I'm not sure I always agree with him," Paul said. "But I do think that when we say over and over someone can't win that is a form of rigging in the sense it is designed to suppress turnout."
Trump has repeatedly said that the election is "rigged" in Clinton's favor, saying that he means this both in the sense of electoral fraud and media bias. While there is no evidence of pollsters intentionally skewing results to benefit one party or candidat, Paul, a rival during the Republican primary who has since endorsed him,contended that Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin's unexpected victory in the gubernatorial race last year was an example of this phenomenon.
"In Kentucky, governor's race in 2015, the media said over and over and over again Democrats were up 8 points," Paul said. "The hope I think was to depress Republican turnout and these were coming from liberal newspapers in our state. And turns out the Republicans won by 8. They were off like by 16 — 14, 16 points.
And I think some of that is intentional. The polls are put out, you know to make it either look closer than it is or to make it look like Democrats have a better chance. And I think it's done by design to try to dampen turnout."
Paul added that he thought that Trump would win Kentucky and West Virginia. Though are considered solidly red, voters should not be discouraged by his deficit in the polls.
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I have to agree with you about that. Rand Paul has honored the pledge. Can he make a difference and perhaps bring on board some voters who might otherwise go to Gary Johnson? I could see Rand Paul becoming very important in the Senate as Trump builds a governing coalition.
We all know that - I’m wagering it does more to suppress Clinton voters by making them smug. They have never been enthusiastic like Trump supporters.
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