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dmallind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 03:53 PM
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10. A poll is just a poll
Support is fungible. The undecideds broke for Hillary. The turnout favored Hillary. the last minute news favored Hillary. The independents who like Obama thought he was a given so either didn't show up or voted for a Republican they could stomach (note I'm not saying they chose wisely - but McCain still acrries a lot of "maverick" cred for some reason). It's not like everyone who is polled votes and everyopne who votes is polled and nothing changes between the two. They don't have to be "wrong" to disagree with the result. Despite what they are used for, polls are not predictive and definitely not "correct".
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