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DavidDvorkin

(19,483 posts)
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 09:49 PM Jul 2016

Should poll discussions be banned?

Some DUers are upset by the posting of poll numbers this far out from the election. How do you feel?


12 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Are you kidding me?
0 (0%)
Are you effing kidding me?
11 (92%)
Can't you ignore posts with polls?
1 (8%)
I'm undecided.
0 (0%)
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Should poll discussions be banned? (Original Post) DavidDvorkin Jul 2016 OP
Absolutely Not! CobaltBlue Jul 2016 #1
Yes we should only post good news and stories. Warren Stupidity Jul 2016 #2
Like most of the polls. NCTraveler Jul 2016 #16
No (nt) bigwillq Jul 2016 #3
I have no problem with them being posted, but they don't mean anything until labor Day. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #4
People who don't like the moment by moment horse race statistics, Agnosticsherbet Jul 2016 #5
The polls are overdone. Polls polls polls. Some people need get an "effing" life. RBInMaine Jul 2016 #6
Some people need to stop complaining about discussions! Nt Logical Jul 2016 #9
no, but they can be mocked when followed by insincere histrionics. La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #7
And the mocking locked/hidden! Nt Logical Jul 2016 #10
But what about sincere histrionics? John Poet Jul 2016 #13
There are no sincere histrionics cosmicone Jul 2016 #17
It's tiresome, and very obvious. (You'd think they'd have gotten better at this by now.) NurseJackie Jul 2016 #22
Exactly treestar Jul 2016 #24
Horse race, horse race, horse race. Polls matter but July polls will be irrelevant pampango Jul 2016 #8
Poll question "in polls about 'the horse race'..." Ken Burch Jul 2016 #12
What about poll discussions ABOUT poll discussions...? Ken Burch Jul 2016 #11
I'm undecided about that. DavidDvorkin Jul 2016 #14
Things are what they are and happy talk on DU won't change it. Vinca Jul 2016 #15
Snark on DU won't change things either cosmicone Jul 2016 #18
Polls posted by a certain segment to punctuate cosmicone Jul 2016 #19
Those are a problem DavidDvorkin Jul 2016 #20
But, aside from "no one," who is making the argument that no polls whatsoever should be discussed? BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #21
There have been quite a few posts here calling for no more polls to be posted DavidDvorkin Jul 2016 #23
 

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)
4. I have no problem with them being posted, but they don't mean anything until labor Day.
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 10:25 PM
Jul 2016

Whatever floats your boat.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
5. People who don't like the moment by moment horse race statistics,
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 10:38 PM
Jul 2016

Should ignore them.

For the mist part, I do.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
17. There are no sincere histrionics
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 07:33 AM
Jul 2016

It is all about trying to give Hillary supporters a buyers' remorse stemming from a deep disappointment.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
22. It's tiresome, and very obvious. (You'd think they'd have gotten better at this by now.)
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 07:11 PM
Jul 2016


It's all very silly and laughable.

pampango

(24,692 posts)
8. Horse race, horse race, horse race. Polls matter but July polls will be irrelevant
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 12:23 AM
Jul 2016

by October.

July polls don't elect or defeat anyone. If it takes bad July polls to make us work harder we don't deserve this anyway.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
12. Poll question "in polls about 'the horse race'..."
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 12:58 AM
Jul 2016

"should the polls ask if the candidates should challenge each other to race ACTUAL horses?"

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
11. What about poll discussions ABOUT poll discussions...?
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 12:55 AM
Jul 2016

Or poll discussions about poll discussions about poll discussions?

Do we need a poll discussion about that?

I could do a poll to check.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
18. Snark on DU won't change things either
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 07:35 AM
Jul 2016

We shall NOT get a buyers' remorse no matter how hard some may try.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
19. Polls posted by a certain segment to punctuate
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 07:37 AM
Jul 2016

that Hillary supporters were wrong in the choice of their candidate are inherently divisive and should not be encouraged.

We can see right through such tactics .......

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512258201

DavidDvorkin

(19,483 posts)
20. Those are a problem
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 06:51 PM
Jul 2016

And the concern trolling is usually pretty obvious.

However, this poll is in response to the insistence by some that no polls should be posted on general principle.

 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
21. But, aside from "no one," who is making the argument that no polls whatsoever should be discussed?
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 07:06 PM
Jul 2016

This seems like a straw man argument with little foundation inside reality.

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