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2016 Postmortem

imagine2015

(2,054 posts) Wed May 18, 2016, 05:14 PM May 2016

MSNBC ONLINE POLL: Is it time for Bernie Sanders to drop out of the presidential race?

MSNBC ONLINE POLL

Poll Results

Is it time for Sen. Bernie Sanders to drop out of the presidential race?

30% Yes, it’s time for him to back Clinton

18% He should stay in until the convention

47% No, he should keep fighting

5% I’m not sure

Total responses: 40,142 votes

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MSNBC ONLINE POLL: Is it time for Bernie Sanders to drop out of the presidential race? (Original Post) imagine2015 May 2016 OP

Notice how the poll tries to split the "no" votes into two? arcane1 May 2016 #1

Oh my god that's fucking obvious! choie May 2016 #2

They really are becoming the new Fox n/t arcane1 May 2016 #5

No bigwillq May 2016 #3

The poll is still live arcane1 May 2016 #4

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

1. Notice how the poll tries to split the "no" votes into two?

Reply to imagine2015 (Original post)

Wed May 18, 2016, 05:24 PM

May 2016

They probably expected a split between "He should stay in until the convention" and "No, he should keep fighting", thereby making "Yes" the "majority" response.

Didn't work out so well