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democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
1. drumpf needs the inaugural headcount lying fake pollsters that will tell him what he wants to hear.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 04:38 AM
Jun 2019

THAT is some weird sh't.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
2. My guess is that the Trump campaign stiffed the pollsters and in retaliation
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 04:43 AM
Jun 2019

The pollsters leaked negative polls going back to March.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
4. So this all seems like an under investigated story for sure. He's raised like 60+ mil for 2020 &
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 05:18 AM
Jun 2019

The inauguration fund with tons unaccounted for. Why does he owe DC 7 million? Surely trump isn’t looking at every bill and saying “stiff them”? Which would mean he has underlings who are doing that?

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
3. Off the rails
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 05:09 AM
Jun 2019

Showing now on MSNBC, trump internal polls showin Biden leading trump
VA +18
Maine +15
Minnesota +14
NC +8
Iowa +7
GA +6
OH +1

What the hell TX? Trump leads by 2


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anarch

(6,535 posts)
6. well, really, how would it look if the polls were all "there's no way this guy could ever win"
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 05:29 AM
Jun 2019

and then he somehow miraculously just barely gets enough votes in just the right key precincts in just the right crucial swing states, by like exactly 1% in each case and so on, defying all mathematical probability, such that he loses the popular vote by tens of millions, but still takes the electoral college votes.

They can't have that! They need those polls to be all "oooh it's sooo close, there's no telling how this will go!" or "[redacted] looking like he will beat all comers!" etc.

KPN

(15,646 posts)
8. Exactly. This asshole's lying (pardon my language but
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 07:13 AM
Jun 2019

I can no longer be anything but sheer disrespectful toward the asshole) May be driven by his egomania, but it’s also Machiavellian. He has a purpose — and it ain’t good.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
7. Why doesn't the asshole just make up the numbers he wants and.....
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 05:48 AM
Jun 2019

throw them out to the press like he does everything else? Our MSM will put them right up on the TeeVee. Why pay pollsters?

That's how he's rolled all his life (fake everything)......

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