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Related: About this forumMental Masturbation
That is what polls simply are at this point. If you look at 538 the results are EVERYWHERE!!!
Just GOTV, tell a friend to vote for Hillary, make a few calls, drive someone to the polls Tuesday.
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Mental Masturbation (Original Post)
titaniumsalute
Nov 2016
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Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)1. Masturbating with the data
Makes you feel good but, ultimately, produces nothing useful.
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)2. Spot on!!
It really doesn't matter.
I'm an Indians fan. I really want my team to win. But the reality is our bullpen is REALLY tired and we should have even made it this far based on statistics. NO ONE thought the Indians would even make it into the World Series based on data. Yet we did.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)3. I'm a data analyst. It's what I do
Not the masturbation part, but detecting when people do that.
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)4. HA!!