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2016 Postmortem

nitpicker

(7,153 posts) Thu Oct 20, 2016, 05:56 AM Oct 2016

Don't accept the polls and stay home- go vote!

In Virginia in 2014, we almost lost a Senate seat.

From Wikipedia re the 2014 Senate race:

Although Warner had been consistently leading Gillespie by double-digit margins in polls before October, Gillespie nearly upset Warner on Election Day, losing by a margin of just 0.8% and 17,723 votes. Gillespie conceded the race on November 7, 2014.[

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Don't accept the polls and stay home- go vote! (Original Post) nitpicker Oct 2016 OP

polls mean nothing until after every one has voted,,,there is NO excuse not to get off your ass beachbum bob Oct 2016 #1

We MUST vote to get control of Congress! Hortensis Oct 2016 #2

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

1. polls mean nothing until after every one has voted,,,there is NO excuse not to get off your ass

Reply to nitpicker (Original post)

Thu Oct 20, 2016, 07:16 AM

Oct 2016

and vote

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

2. We MUST vote to get control of Congress!

Reply to nitpicker (Original post)

Thu Oct 20, 2016, 07:27 AM

Oct 2016

IF we want to see great advances over the next 4 years, we must have the tools.

Also, majorities in some state legislatures are ours for the taking.

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