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BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 01:50 PM Oct 2016

Could anyone with knowledge of polling explain where "41% think election will be rigged" comes from?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/10/17/poll-41-percent-think-election-could-be-stolen-from-trump.html

I have tried looking through this Politico poll, but I don't see anywhere that shows the "41%" figure getting so much headline exposure. Is it buried somewhere? What page of the data is it found on? The only "41%" I see is in data exclusively about Democrats on a different subject.

I feel like the figure is manufactured, either as an outright lie or the combination of two answers that really shouldn't be combined. If I'm wrong, please let me know, but this just stinks like typical Politico shit-stirring, IMO.
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Could anyone with knowledge of polling explain where "41% think election will be rigged" comes from? (Original Post) BobbyDrake Oct 2016 OP
59% thought the poll was rigged jberryhill Oct 2016 #1
Well, The Donald likes to talk out his ass--I wouldn't necessarily urge anyone to look there, MADem Oct 2016 #2
There is a portion of the public Raven Oct 2016 #3
41% does seem to be in line with trumps base Tom Rivers Oct 2016 #4
Where in the data are they getting 41% from? That's my question. BobbyDrake Oct 2016 #5
Nailed it! NurseJackie Oct 2016 #6
Total BS, the fraud is not at the precincts, there is fraud in purging voter registeration by the Thinkingabout Oct 2016 #7
Known Trump Pussy Grabs: 11 * Known Voter Fraud Cases: 10 Coyotl Oct 2016 #8

MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. Well, The Donald likes to talk out his ass--I wouldn't necessarily urge anyone to look there,
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 01:58 PM
Oct 2016

though! LOL!

It's POLITICO--owned by the Far Right Wing Albrittons....what, you expect 'fair' from those clowns?

Raven

(13,891 posts)
3. There is a portion of the public
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 01:59 PM
Oct 2016

who think everything is rigged, especially government. It is their way of explaining why they aren't successful enough, happy enough, important enough. They believe that their problems would be solved if there were no blacks, Jews, Latinos, etc. They do not take personal responsibility for their own decisions. These folks have been around a long time and Trump tapped into their gnawing dissatisfaction. They may be 41% or 35 % but they are there and they will be there after Trump.

Tom Rivers

(459 posts)
4. 41% does seem to be in line with trumps base
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 02:02 PM
Oct 2016

and he's the one out there saying it's all rigged and we know they take anything this clown says as the gospel, so it doesn't really surprise me.

40% of the people will always think it's rigged if a republican doesn't win and they don't get their way.

 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
5. Where in the data are they getting 41% from? That's my question.
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 02:04 PM
Oct 2016

It seems to be a headline with no basis in the polling data used to justify it.

They might as well just write, "Losing side sees loss coming, begins crying early."

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
7. Total BS, the fraud is not at the precincts, there is fraud in purging voter registeration by the
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 02:13 PM
Oct 2016

GOP, voter suppression by the GOP and the list goes on. I have worked in a precinct and will be working in the GE, Trump is going to lose because of the campaign he has run, he is unfit and not qualified and he has insulted too many people. There are several checks performed when voting, stuffing the ballot box, no Trump, check with your office in NC where there was completed ballots and find how they was able to do this.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
8. Known Trump Pussy Grabs: 11 * Known Voter Fraud Cases: 10
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 02:16 PM
Oct 2016

Because there is a concerted effort to deflect from the issue that does the most harm and move the narrative to something that suppresses voting.

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