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Old 05-04-2016, 05:33 PM
 
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. . . and yet Bernie is crushing Mr. Trump in every poll taken. Weird.

Mick
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Old 05-04-2016, 07:17 PM
 
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. . . and yet Bernie is crushing Mr. Trump in every poll taken. Weird.

Mick
So? Kasich does way better than trump in these general election polls too
Should we nominate someone based on polls instead of actual votes?
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Old 05-04-2016, 07:44 PM
 
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How ironic.
Not to nitpick, but it wasn't ironic, it was apropos.

If it was the other way around, it would have verged on being ironic.

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Old 05-05-2016, 02:20 AM
 
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....Trump was among the weakest Republican candidates in terms of general election appeal.
Yet he defeated a well funded political dynasty (Bush), plus 15 other GOP candidates, defied all the idiot pundits, fooled expert pollsters like Nate Silver, withstood 65,000 negative attack adverts, and 1/2 Billion in campaigning against him.

In other words the results say otherwise. And now the same idiots from the first paragraph say that Trump is weak against Hillary. LOL. Weak? Hillary can't even defeat a 75 year old communist with 1 hand tied behind his back.

Believe what you want, but come November 9, there are going to be some sad people, and here's a hint. It won't be the ones supporting Trump.
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Old 05-05-2016, 07:45 AM
 
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Yet he defeated a well funded political dynasty (Bush), plus 15 other GOP candidates, defied all the idiot pundits, fooled expert pollsters like Nate Silver, withstood 65,000 negative attack adverts, and 1/2 Billion in campaigning against him.

In other words the results say otherwise. And now the same idiots from the first paragraph say that Trump is weak against Hillary. LOL. Weak? Hillary can't even defeat a 75 year old communist with 1 hand tied behind his back.

Believe what you want, but come November 9, there are going to be some sad people, and here's a hint. It won't be the ones supporting Trump.
Clinton

This explains why it's much easier for a winner in the GOP field to Wrap up the nomination
Lol
This echoes 2008 which McCain wrapped up quite early while Obama and Hillary compete until the end.
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Old 05-05-2016, 07:50 AM
 
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This explains why it's much easier for a winner in the GOP field to Wrap up the nomination This echoes 2008 which McCain wrapped up quite early while Obama and Hillary compete until the end.
Nope. And you realize that you posted a link to Nate Silver's site, who has been completly wrong about this campaign.

Now if you wish to actually address anything I just said, then please do so.
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Old 05-05-2016, 09:49 AM
 
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I have my doubts about online polls... How accurate can they be if I managed to vote twice in the same one?
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Old 05-05-2016, 11:11 AM
 
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Nope. And you realize that you posted a link to Nate Silver's site, who has been completly wrong about this campaign.

Now if you wish to actually address anything I just said, then please do so.
Nope, you're the inaccurate one here. Nate Silver had expressed personal opinions that he didn't think Trump would last this long, let alone be the GOP nominee.

That is a separate thing from the data analysis provided on the site which, to date, has accurately predicted this season so far better than any other outlet according to this analysis.

The 2016 Guide to Political Predictions - Bloomberg Politics
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Old 05-05-2016, 12:17 PM
 
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Nate Silver had expressed personal opinions that he didn't think Trump would last this long, let alone be the GOP nominee.
He said that his analysis showed that Trump had a 2% chance of being the nominee. But this is a distraction.

What I said still hasn't been addressed.
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Old 05-05-2016, 12:24 PM
 
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He said that his analysis showed that Trump had a 2% chance of being the nominee. But this is a distraction.

What I said still hasn't been addressed.
Starting off with your claim that Hillary hasn't defeated Bernie? She has. Bernie's failure to concede so he can keep those $27 donations rolling in doesn't change that. Hillary's got 3 times more of a lead in pledged delegates than Obama ever had in 2008, and nope, the SDs aren't switching. Well, actually they are - from Bernie to Hillary, he's dropped from 42 back down to 39.

State some actual facts to be addressed....
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