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Charlotte Little

(658 posts)
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 09:35 PM Oct 2016

An Important Message from Sam Wang at Princeton Election Consortium...



Sam Wang ?@SamWangPhD 37m37 minutes ago
Sam Wang Retweeted Nicolas Veron

It is totally over. If Trump wins more than 240 electoral votes, I will eat a bug.

Reply Retweet 55 Like 146


Still, we have to GOTV like we're losing this election, but if Sam Wang (totally under-rated, IMO) says it's over...it's over.
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An Important Message from Sam Wang at Princeton Election Consortium... (Original Post) Charlotte Little Oct 2016 OP
GOTV for a Democratic Congress for Hillary... n/t renegade000 Oct 2016 #1
They're down... now we have to make sure they STAY down. Salviati Oct 2016 #2
Don't count you chickens before they hatch. LisaL Oct 2016 #3
Eat a bug? Awsi Dooger Oct 2016 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author aeroman Oct 2016 #10
WTF would we want Trump to win more than 240 electronic votes? LisaL Oct 2016 #12
#SaveABugFromSam aeroman Oct 2016 #13
haha great hashtag! No one's using it yet. mainer Oct 2016 #17
I don't want to be the winning vote. tavernier Oct 2016 #5
I don't like to Cha Oct 2016 #6
Sam Wang has been my hero since 2008, the saver of my sanity. fierywoman Oct 2016 #7
knr triron Oct 2016 #8
Don't get complacent! calimary Oct 2016 #9
240 electoral votes is a bridge too far for trump Gothmog Oct 2016 #11
If Trump gets 140 I'll be disappointed....nt Wounded Bear Oct 2016 #14
This is the absolute WORST kind of thread at this time. LiberalLovinLug Oct 2016 #15
Yeah because DU acceptance of facts will stop the entire Dem campaign machine whatthehey Oct 2016 #18
Anyone who follows Sam Wang... Adrahil Oct 2016 #19
I've noticed he's put her odds at winning at 98% for a few days now Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #16

Response to Awsi Dooger (Reply #4)

aeroman

(64 posts)
13. #SaveABugFromSam
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 12:52 AM
Oct 2016

We can do it!! GOTV people!! If not for the kids, and all mankind, do it for all the bugs out there!!

Cha

(297,275 posts)
6. I don't like to
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:07 PM
Oct 2016

jinx it so knock on wood!

I do like Sam Wong though and I don't want him to eat a bug.

calimary

(81,304 posts)
9. Don't get complacent!
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 12:15 AM
Oct 2016

We've still got a LOT of work to do! Take back the Senate and salvage the Supreme Court!

LiberalLovinLug

(14,174 posts)
15. This is the absolute WORST kind of thread at this time.
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 01:58 PM
Oct 2016

Yes yes most DUers will just brush through this OP as a brief celebration that things are looking good. But FFS why play with fire?

The worst message to be sent out now is that Hillary has it in the bag. No matter how much you "just know it".

Right now a Democratic President's elected term runs out Nov. 8th. There is no successor to Obama decided yet with a looming fascist who will say and do anything to win hovering over the White House. That is the reality. This is not the time to encourage those who may not be quite as active in the political scene to take her win for granted.



whatthehey

(3,660 posts)
18. Yeah because DU acceptance of facts will stop the entire Dem campaign machine
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 02:32 PM
Oct 2016

Never understood that hair on fire pantswetting about complacency. There is simply no real precedent for such fears being grounded in reality. Not only do message boards not determine ad spend or ground game organization, but any effect on turnout is likely to be the opposite of the one so dreaded. Are you more likely to want to take part in a certain victory or a certain defeat? Did Republican turnout suffer in 2010 or 2014 when anyone with an IQ into the mammalian range knew they would get major gains? Fuck no but ours did! Turnout neither suffers nor gains with certainty of result at the state level either. Solidly blue MN leads the way with only IA as a sort-of battleground n the top 10. Razor-edge FL and laughable certainty DC vote at the same rate in the upper turnout range as do Nevada and Kansas in the lower. This pseudo-wise "campaign like you're behind" schtick is valid enough...for people in Robbie Mook's org chart. Not for run of the mill voters, who if anything respond better when they are ahead.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
19. Anyone who follows Sam Wang...
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 02:38 PM
Oct 2016

is not going to not vote because of what he said. No one outside serious political junkies know who he is.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
16. I've noticed he's put her odds at winning at 98% for a few days now
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 02:01 PM
Oct 2016

but totally we have to not get over-confident...

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