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Hillary fans lack the excitement of Bernie fans, that explains the online polls! (Original Post) Logical Oct 2015 OP
Is there a support group for people like me who don't vote in internet polls? hrmjustin Oct 2015 #1
Yes, it is called under excited hillary supporters! Nt Logical Oct 2015 #17
We don't give a shit about online polls RandySF Oct 2015 #2
Hitting a nerve with you, you respond to every post! LOL! nt Logical Oct 2015 #18
We're all political junkies here but come in many different flavors. Hortensis Oct 2015 #23
But how did the Sandernistas skew the focus groups? That must have been quite the inside job.... think Oct 2015 #3
Funny the Fox focus group of Hillary supporters switched to Sanders. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #4
Oh yes i am sure Frank Luntz picked a fair focus group. hrmjustin Oct 2015 #5
It was a diverse group of Floridians-a swing state. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #6
You trust fox and frank Luntz? hrmjustin Oct 2015 #7
No less than the rest of silly M$M... HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #8
Your slip is showing with your HRH thing. hrmjustin Oct 2015 #9
See you after next round of post-debate polling. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #12
Try to be brave when you get disappointed. hrmjustin Oct 2015 #16
If you are equating Luntz and the MSM redstateblues Oct 2015 #19
Wasn't it proven that his focus groups were rigged bigdarryl Oct 2015 #11
I believe so. hrmjustin Oct 2015 #14
The Fox focus group didn't like Hillary? Cali_Democrat Oct 2015 #13
They did before the debate, overwhelmingly. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #21
This is a Frank Luntz Faux Newz focus group? Cali_Democrat Oct 2015 #22
I think that Bernie's supporters generally are younger... WI_DEM Oct 2015 #10
I was sure I was helping Kerry redstateblues Oct 2015 #20
But older people are all over the internet now, and they vote in online polls all the time. reformist2 Oct 2015 #25
Proof? wyldwolf Oct 2015 #26
Do I need to prove it? Everyone's mother is online nowadays, spamming all sorts of crap. reformist2 Oct 2015 #27
yeah, you need to prove it. wyldwolf Oct 2015 #28
Online polls: "Quick. Freep that poll!" "Quick, DU that poll." emulatorloo Oct 2015 #15
It was a big thing on Daily Kos, too. RandySF Oct 2015 #24
Christ, you guys are desperate to polish that turd. NuclearDem Oct 2015 #29
I'm so excited that I just have to respond to a bunch of online polls! Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2015 #30

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
23. We're all political junkies here but come in many different flavors.
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 11:36 AM
Oct 2015

For instance, a large group are caught up in a rather amazing cult of personality and eagerly scan the web for anything and everything related to their one leader. For them everything's about him.

A smaller group supporting the same leader are focused on his policies more than him.

Another group is focused on stopping the right wing from destroying our country and tends to look beyond the primary to the scary, grim battles in 2016. I'm one of those, and the day-to-day horse race stuff some enjoy so much I see as irrelevant at best, typically indicative of absolutely nothing at this point, and usually just too silly to pay attention to.

Quick: How meaningful was some minor poll reported here last Thursday? Don't bother to look one up -- it should be memorable just a week later if it mattered... Can't remember? That's why we don't pay attention in the first place.

 

think

(11,641 posts)
3. But how did the Sandernistas skew the focus groups? That must have been quite the inside job....
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 10:29 AM
Oct 2015
 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
4. Funny the Fox focus group of Hillary supporters switched to Sanders.
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 10:33 AM
Oct 2015

I guess they didn't find her very exciting either, and started feeling the Bern.
Every single poll, every single focus group, Google hits, tweets...every single metric had Sanders the clear winner. That's a lot of voters excited about Bernie.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
6. It was a diverse group of Floridians-a swing state.
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 10:41 AM
Oct 2015

most of whom favored Clinton before the debate. Bernie wowed them.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
8. No less than the rest of silly M$M...
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 10:46 AM
Oct 2015

Who comically declared HRH the winner, without even acknowledging their own polls that showed Sanders the winner 85-12.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
12. See you after next round of post-debate polling.
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 10:59 AM
Oct 2015

I'm sure the spin from Hillary supporters will be even more comical and desperate. LOL!

WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)
10. I think that Bernie's supporters generally are younger...
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 10:48 AM
Oct 2015

and that they use the internet much more for such things than Hillary's supporters do and so they dominate online polls.

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
20. I was sure I was helping Kerry
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 11:13 AM
Oct 2015

by getting on every internet poll I could find. Lot of good that did-it's a meaningless waste of time but then so was the time I spent on Facebook until I quit.

reformist2

(9,841 posts)
27. Do I need to prove it? Everyone's mother is online nowadays, spamming all sorts of crap.
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 07:34 PM
Oct 2015

This meme that only young people do the internet is so 1996, much like many of Hillary's ideas.

emulatorloo

(44,187 posts)
15. Online polls: "Quick. Freep that poll!" "Quick, DU that poll."
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 11:01 AM
Oct 2015

Those phrases originated because both DU'ers and Freepers understand online polls are bullshit and can be easily manipulated.

Yes I believe Bernie will win Iowa and New Hampshire. Online polls however are similar to DU polls, not worth the pixels they are printed on.

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)
30. I'm so excited that I just have to respond to a bunch of online polls!
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 08:10 PM
Oct 2015

Who does that? Really? Not sure why there are so many posts on these online polls. We have over a year before this election is over. There will be many more polls, both regular and online. We need more time and more data before we can really figure out where most people are at. There are people that are not-so-excited about politics, but they still have opinions and show up to vote. I know lots of people like this (most everyone I know is like this, actually). They would never participate in an online forum or poll about politics, but they still show up and vote when the time comes.

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