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LetMyPeopleVote

(145,129 posts) Sun Oct 23, 2022, 02:54 PM Oct 2022

New #TXGOV Poll by Beacon Research Greg Abbott (R): 48% Beto O'Rourke (D): 46%

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New #TXGOV Poll by Beacon Research Greg Abbott (R): 48% Beto O'Rourke (D): 46% (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2022 OP

I would love this to be true, but it's an outlier SlimJimmy Oct 2022 #1

I am encouraged by this poll LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2022 #2

That's fine and I certainly hopes it's true. SlimJimmy Oct 2022 #3

SlimJimmy

(3,180 posts)

1. I would love this to be true, but it's an outlier

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sun Oct 23, 2022, 06:33 PM

Oct 2022

and I don't want to give it any more credit than that.

The slim margins represent a major departure from recent polls suggesting Abbott was extending his lead, which had grown to 8.7 percentage points in the RealClearPolitics polling average.[my emphasis added]

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,129 posts)

2. I am encouraged by this poll

Reply to SlimJimmy (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 23, 2022, 06:47 PM

Oct 2022

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SlimJimmy

(3,180 posts)

3. That's fine and I certainly hopes it's true.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 23, 2022, 08:27 PM

Oct 2022

But according to all the polls I've looked at, it's still an outlier. I don't like putting my faith in a poll just because it favors my side. I take a more realistic view.

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