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Posted on: December 20, 2016 at 14:59:21 CT

meatiger MU

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Were the polls wrong all along? Were there not any changes in how people would vote.

I have certainly developed a disdain for polls as much as it has been discussed here, but they at least do give some data points.

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Anybody who says the EC didn't do their job - Sal KC - 12/20 12:58:39

Some of the disagreement comes over the expected role of - JeffB MU

- 12/20 13:20:58

Many are dismayed at the EC - meatiger MU - 12/20 13:12:51

' the Republican quiet ground game is working so well'... - JeffB MU

- 12/20 13:16:47

meatiger types more with less meaning and less understanding - 90Tiger MU - 12/20 13:20:25

I am talkung more about long term - meatiger MU - 12/20 13:19:42

Actually, raskolnikov told us that Trump had NO ground game - JeffB MU

- 12/20 13:28:42

well..I am not rask - meatiger MU - 12/20 13:37:23

So you assert that Trump had a better ground game than Hilla - JeffB MU

- 12/20 13:40:08

In hindsight - meatiger MU - 12/20 13:43:15

no, meatiger, he didn't have a better ground game at - 90Tiger MU - 12/20 14:35:35

That is why this is a discussion board - meatiger MU - 12/20 14:58:01

'more enthusiasm' =/= 'ground game', however. - JeffB MU

- 12/20 13:44:20

RE: 'more enthusiasm' =/= 'ground game', however. - meatiger MU - 12/20 13:45:40

I believe most of the political establishment defines the - JeffB MU

- 12/20 13:50:09

fair - meatiger MU - 12/20 13:51:28

it isn't "fair", it's the actual working definition, not som - 90Tiger MU - 12/20 14:39:05

Ah yes - meatiger MU - 12/20 15:01:21

I would say not... or it was Hillary's overwhelming advantag - JeffB MU

- 12/20 13:58:06

His backdrop of anti-establishment helped - meatiger MU - 12/20 14:00:47

Why would the FBI investigation have flipped Johnson support - JeffB MU

- 12/20 14:12:22

it didn't flip anything. people keep making the mistake that - 90Tiger MU - 12/20 14:39:58

How do you know? - meatiger MU - 12/20 14:59:21

the polls were wrong all along, meat (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 12/20 15:32:16

How do you know that to be true?(nm) - meatiger MU - 12/20 15:34:57

you mean by winning local elections - FootballRefugee MU

- 12/20 13:25:29

exactly(nm) - meatiger MU - 12/20 13:26:20

and so the people have spoken - FootballRefugee MU

- 12/20 13:27:43

gerrymandering? what impact did gerrymandering have on the 2 - 90Tiger MU - 12/20 13:21:26

I was referring to more than just the 2016 EC(nm) - meatiger MU - 12/20 13:22:24

that's news (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 12/20 13:22:51

I guarantee he has no idea what he just said. Just - GA Tiger MU - 12/20 13:18:56

this year didn't expose differences between popular and EC - 90Tiger MU - 12/20 13:13:53

RE: this year didn't expose differences between popular and EC - meatiger MU - 12/20 13:17:17

that isn't anything new and there isn't anything new exposed - 90Tiger MU - 12/20 13:22:36

How is that not new? - meatiger MU - 12/20 13:25:22

Largest margin based on votes or perecentage of votes?(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 12/20 13:38:18

either(nm) - meatiger MU - 12/20 13:43:35

most don't know what the role of the EC is and actually - 90Tiger MU - 12/20 13:06:17

Libs are like a three year old whose goldfish died. They - hokie VT - 12/20 13:02:06