2016 Postmortem

Wounded Bear

(58,713 posts) Fri Jul 29, 2016, 12:21 AM Jul 2016

Passing comment and question about a certain poll number.....

Periodically, they show that poll result about the "direction" the country it going. Lately it was apparently at 70% going in the 'wrong' direction. One of the talking heads mentioned that it always seems to be negative. Thinking back on it, I don't believe I've ever seen that one to be over 50% going in the 'right' direction. Anybody else notice this or have a different take on it?

I don't think this has ever had much effect on election outcomes either.

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Passing comment and question about a certain poll number..... (Original Post) Wounded Bear Jul 2016 OP

Its the Worst Metric in Polling Stallion Jul 2016 #1

That's what I think, too. n/t Jane Austin Jul 2016 #2

Stallion

(6,476 posts)

1. Its the Worst Metric in Polling

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Fri Jul 29, 2016, 12:37 AM

Jul 2016

even Democrats that fully support Obama are frustrated by the inertia caused by Republican refusal to deal in good faith with Obama. But the fact is the Democratic Party is about 25 points more popular than the Republican Party and Obama as the Democratic leader is about 30 points more popular than Republican leadership. See Pollster

Jane Austin

(9,199 posts)

2. That's what I think, too. n/t

Reply to Stallion (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 29, 2016, 12:48 AM

Jul 2016

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