2016 Postmortem

question everything

(47,488 posts) Thu Oct 20, 2016, 02:37 PM Oct 2016

Usually at this time in the election cycle

a talking head said, when someone is so far ahead, that candidate will win.

But Dukakis still comes to mind. How long before the elections was he that much, or more, ahead, and when did he come down?

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Usually at this time in the election cycle (Original Post) question everything Oct 2016 OP

he was up 17% in july but by october dukakis was 10% behind. unblock Oct 2016 #1

Please don't remind me. tonyt53 Oct 2016 #3

just to be clear, no one has ever lost with a lead this big 3 weeks before the election ;) unblock Oct 2016 #6

Thanks. So we really can ride forward and win (nt) question everything Oct 2016 #4

Hopefully, Hillary will not ride around in a military tank! RKP5637 Oct 2016 #2

And, dirty political advisor Lee Atwater is long dead question everything Oct 2016 #5

sadly, his legacy lives strong in the republican party. unblock Oct 2016 #7

It's all they do, and we've been putting up with their crap stalling congress, for what, about RKP5637 Oct 2016 #8

If she does it should have Putin and Trump tied up on the front. LiberalFighter Oct 2016 #9

Dukakis was down double digits by mid-October alcibiades_mystery Oct 2016 #10

unblock

(52,258 posts)

1. he was up 17% in july but by october dukakis was 10% behind.

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Oct 20, 2016, 02:39 PM

Oct 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_polling_for_U.S._Presidential_elections#United_States_presidential_election.2C_1988

tonyt53

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3. Please don't remind me.

Reply to unblock (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 20, 2016, 03:56 PM

Oct 2016

unblock

(52,258 posts)

6. just to be clear, no one has ever lost with a lead this big 3 weeks before the election ;)

Reply to tonyt53 (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 20, 2016, 04:24 PM

Oct 2016

a lot can happen between july and november.

but between mid-october and election day, not so much.

question everything

(47,488 posts)

4. Thanks. So we really can ride forward and win (nt)

Reply to unblock (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 20, 2016, 04:13 PM

Oct 2016

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)

2. Hopefully, Hillary will not ride around in a military tank!

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Oct 20, 2016, 02:52 PM

Oct 2016

http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections/videos/tank-ride

question everything

(47,488 posts)

5. And, dirty political advisor Lee Atwater is long dead

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 20, 2016, 04:17 PM

Oct 2016

he of the Willie Horton ad and other dirty tricks. He was ready to go after Bill Clinton, predicting that he would be the nominee after Clinton 1988 keynote address. But his sick mind - figuratively and literally - took him. No, I never regretted expressing these thoughts even though someone who heard this was shocked.