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SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 07:21 PM Nov 2015

Article: Pro-Clinton SuperPAC Pays For a Poll to Show Her Winning The Debate

Was this already posted? Did I miss that the much ballyhooed PPP poll, was paid for by David Brook or Brock or whatever his name is, SuperPAC?



"Pro-Clinton SuperPAC Pays For a Poll to Show Her Winning The Debate"

In what can only be viewed as a desperate move to try to sway public opinion online after the second debate, which show Bernie Sanders ahead 50-60 percentage points in every poll between here and Neptune, Team Clinton hired a pollster to drop something immediately after the event ended.

Of course that poll has her ahead 67% to 20% for Sanders – you can laugh at it HERE

Now to be clear, many politicians hire pollsters to conduct polls to sometimes see where there strengths and their weaknesses are, even Bernie has hired a pollster. So that much isn’t exactly news. But what is odd about this one is the disclosure that Correct The Record a Hillary Clinton SuperPAC paid for the poll and they are trying to pass it off as an accurate accounting of what happened on the debate stage on November 14, 2015 at Drake University.

Based on what we’re seeing online, a huge amount of people are finally beginning to understand how the pollsters come up with their data. People are waking up to the fact that the numbers can be swayed heavily based on who is participating in the polls. This particular polling company Public Policy Polling has a history of using a lot of landline phones and for the polls on the Democratic side, they call people that are normally dyed-in-the-wool Democrats. And as we know, those people are not where most of Bernie’s support comes from. Below is a screen shot of the poll. Gotta warn you though: This one is laughable.

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http://thebernreport.com/pro-clinton-superpac-pays-for-a-poll-to-show-her-winning-the-debate/

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Article: Pro-Clinton SuperPAC Pays For a Poll to Show Her Winning The Debate (Original Post) SoapBox Nov 2015 OP
Didn't see it posted over here, but I've been using it on Twitter Fawke Em Nov 2015 #1
k n r cui bono Nov 2015 #2
That's pathetic SandersDem Nov 2015 #3
K & R AzDar Nov 2015 #4
Has she no shame? stupidicus Nov 2015 #5
I think you forgot something davidpdx Nov 2015 #7
You're being silly ejbr Nov 2015 #18
I guess if you are the Clinton's it's always good to have one of the people davidpdx Nov 2015 #6
That's too bad libodem Nov 2015 #8
That is the purpose of super pacs, isn't it? mountain grammy Nov 2015 #9
come hell or high water bkkyosemite Nov 2015 #10
This also happens to be the PAC the campaign coordinates with thanks to loopholes Scootaloo Nov 2015 #11
Why is the Clinton team using the republican handbook? Unknown Beatle Nov 2015 #12
Is this going viral? I am Duval Nov 2015 #13
Totally disgusting MissDeeds Nov 2015 #14
I'm far from surprised. Bubzer Nov 2015 #15
WTF are they talking about passiveporcupine Nov 2015 #16
Bernie discocrisco01 Nov 2015 #17
Why Is This One Not Surprised cantbeserious Nov 2015 #19
Some DUers were pumping this poll result HARD, not even 30 minutes after bullwinkle428 Nov 2015 #20
Funny how that happens. n/t winter is coming Nov 2015 #22
Now they've stooped to calling Sanders supporters "republicans" for mentioning it. arcane1 Nov 2015 #25
Looks like the Bern Report article left out a couple of key statistics from the original poll: beerandjesus Nov 2015 #21
Shocking... not really. EEO Nov 2015 #23
Misleading the public. azmom Nov 2015 #24

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
1. Didn't see it posted over here, but I've been using it on Twitter
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 08:38 PM
Nov 2015

today to bash Hill supporters who keep pointing to that stupid poll.

 

stupidicus

(2,570 posts)
5. Has she no shame?
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 09:15 PM
Nov 2015

following the standards of her supporters as I understand them, she'd better tell them "to stop it" it no uncertain terms, and by tomorrow, or else she owns it.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
6. I guess if you are the Clinton's it's always good to have one of the people
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 09:15 PM
Nov 2015

who stabbed you in the back on your side.

Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)
12. Why is the Clinton team using the republican handbook?
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 09:31 PM
Nov 2015

She's using a "pull out all the stops" type of strategy regardless of the circumstances.

 

Duval

(4,280 posts)
13. Is this going viral? I am
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 09:37 PM
Nov 2015

dismayed that a Pro=Clinton SuperPAC would stoop to such measures. I am so glad I'm for an honest candidate.


passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
16. WTF are they talking about
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 09:47 PM
Nov 2015
This particular polling company Public Policy Polling has a history of using a lot of landline phones and for the polls on the Democratic side, they call people that are normally dyed-in-the-wool Democrats.


I'm a died-in-the-wool democrat...but I'm a progressive democrat.

discocrisco01

(1,666 posts)
17. Bernie
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 09:54 PM
Nov 2015

Yeah, I disagree with them totally. Bernie said the right things at the right time. Why does everybody call Hillary as the candidate of their choice in these polls?

Most people on the net support Bernie. I just do not see a pro-Hillary groundswell on support on the net. But maybe there is people who are not the most active people the net who will vote Hillary.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
25. Now they've stooped to calling Sanders supporters "republicans" for mentioning it.
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 08:58 PM
Nov 2015

"Whatever It Takes" continues on.

beerandjesus

(1,301 posts)
21. Looks like the Bern Report article left out a couple of key statistics from the original poll:
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 10:15 PM
Nov 2015

86% of racists thought Bernie won the debate, as opposed to 6% who thought Clinton won

91% of men who thought Hillary ought to get off the stage and make them a sandwich thought Bernie won, as opposed to 2% who thought Clinton won


EEO

(1,620 posts)
23. Shocking... not really.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 11:49 PM
Nov 2015

Some telling satire...

Hillary: First Woman President Worth Death of Middle Class

WASHINGTON (The Nil Admirari) - Today, Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Americans electing the United States' first female president was worth the final collapse and permanent extinction of the American middle class. Clinton urged Americans to not be sexist, and to vote for her instead of trying to prevent both their standard of living and wages from continuing their free fall courtesy of the very people bankrolling her presidential campaign.

And...

Clinton added, "It is painfully clear to me the biggest sexist in America is that horrible Bernie Sanders, who keeps focusing on issues like rising income inequality that a large majority of Americans are deeply concerned about. Seriously, Americans just need to drop their silly, sexist, and sentimental attachment to the middle class and vote for me."


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