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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Oct 20, 2017, 01:16 PM Oct 2017

Virginia Polling Swings Are Normal

October 20, 2017 at 8:08 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

FiveThirtyEight: “The October average of Virginia gubernatorial surveys has Northam leading Gillespie by 7 percentage points, 50% to 43%.”

“With an average Northam lead of about 7 points, sampling error alone1 suggests that some polls should find Gillespie up by a little and some polls should find Northam with double-digit advantages. That’s exactly what we’re getting.”

“The results we’re getting in Virginia are totally normal and fine, and people shouldn’t be demanding that every poll show the exact same thing.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/10/20/virginia-polling-swings-normal/

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Virginia Polling Swings Are Normal (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2017 OP

It will all come down to turnout. GOTV. n/t FSogol Oct 2017 #1

Yup... GOTV renegade000 Oct 2017 #2

FSogol

(45,524 posts)

1. It will all come down to turnout. GOTV. n/t

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Fri Oct 20, 2017, 01:52 PM

Oct 2017

renegade000

(2,301 posts)

2. Yup... GOTV

Reply to FSogol (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 20, 2017, 02:11 PM

Oct 2017

Been reminding everyone in my social circles who share our political sentiments about it frequently, and encouraging them to apply for absentee ballots if they're all unsure about their ability to go to the polls on Nov. 7th.

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