General Discussion

Skink

(10,122 posts) Thu Jun 12, 2014, 02:33 PM Jun 2014

Didn't Cantor have a big lead

what if the TP rigged the machines?

8 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Didn't Cantor have a big lead (Original Post) Skink Jun 2014 OP

UNREC brooklynite Jun 2014 #1

Exactly. Not enough people showed up to rig anything. n/t FSogol Jun 2014 #2

Sadly malaise Jun 2014 #3

As much as I enjoyed seeing Cantor lose... Blue Owl Jun 2014 #4

Supposedly, based on very little actual polling and small samples Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #5

We would have discovered the hapless teabaggers locked in the courthouse by now Brother Buzz Jun 2014 #6

Let's see..the polling company that Cantor hired louis-t Jun 2014 #7

Despite all the talk about how 'scientific' polling is, pollsters still have to make a guess PoliticAverse Jun 2014 #8

brooklynite

(94,495 posts)

1. UNREC

Reply to Skink (Original post)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 02:38 PM

Jun 2014

The only thing worse than a bad conspiracy theory is a lazy conspiracy theory.

Assuming that there WAS a way to rig Virginia's voting machines (which someone apparently forgt to do to stop Obama in 2008 and 2012 and McAuliffe in 2013), how exactly did "The Tea Party" rest control of this techology from the Republican estalbishment.

Sheesh...

FSogol

(45,473 posts)

2. Exactly. Not enough people showed up to rig anything. n/t

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 02:39 PM

Jun 2014

malaise

(268,910 posts)

3. Sadly

Reply to Skink (Original post)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 02:39 PM

Jun 2014

He 'Cantored' while the Brat galloped

Blue Owl

(50,347 posts)

4. As much as I enjoyed seeing Cantor lose...

Reply to Skink (Original post)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 02:40 PM

Jun 2014

Something does seem just a bit weird...

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

5. Supposedly, based on very little actual polling and small samples

Reply to Skink (Original post)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 02:41 PM

Jun 2014

there wasn't really a concerted polling effort (there rarely is, for primaries), and the methodology used in what polls there were may have served to introduce bias--for instance the most widely quoted polling numbers are campaign internals; remember what Romney's internal numbers were saying in 2012? (Hint: He genuinely expected to win.)

Brother Buzz

(36,415 posts)

6. We would have discovered the hapless teabaggers locked in the courthouse by now

Reply to Skink (Original post)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 02:42 PM

Jun 2014

louis-t

(23,291 posts)

7. Let's see..the polling company that Cantor hired

Reply to Skink (Original post)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 03:01 PM

Jun 2014

has a reputation of being way wrong a lot more than being right. Yet, repugs keep hiring the guy. Cantor was so sure he was going to win, he didn't bother trying very hard. By the way, the TP isn't smart enough to figure out how to rig anything.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

8. Despite all the talk about how 'scientific' polling is, pollsters still have to make a guess