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originally posted by: Kapriti
a reply to: amazing
It is looking more likely that Johnson will carry New Mexico where he was governor.
originally posted by: Swills
a reply to: Blue_Jay33
Right. Because the rest of us who aren't conservatives really want a man as our leader who brags about sexually assaulting women. The same man who has a suit against him for raping a 13 y/o girl. You know, I thought you conservatives were sick and tired of perverts in the Oval Office? Funny how you all think men dressed as women will grope your wives and kids in bathrooms but belittle Trumps bragging to locker room talk, because he says so and by he I mean Breitbart, Fox News, and Wall Street Billionaire Robert Mercer.
originally posted by: Blue_Jay33
Notice the blue shrinking as time goes on.
ELECTION MAP YEAR
ELECTION MAP 1 - 3 Months
ELECTION MAP 2 Since September
I don't think these Trump outbursts and scandals and revelations are hurting him as much as the media is saying.
Should not more of the maps be turning Clinton blue if that were true ?
Instead Trump green is growing.
originally posted by: Byrd
originally posted by: Blue_Jay33
Notice the blue shrinking as time goes on.
ELECTION MAP YEAR
ELECTION MAP 1 - 3 Months
ELECTION MAP 2 Since September
I don't think these Trump outbursts and scandals and revelations are hurting him as much as the media is saying.
Should not more of the maps be turning Clinton blue if that were true ?
Instead Trump green is growing.
There's a real problem with their sample. I've used the site several times, so that means that you can answer multiple times. The respondents are self-selecting (people with access to computers) and most who go there are sent by friends and coworkers (who often have an agenda) It's also fun to retake the test and tweak the answers and see if things change. I've done that. So have others.
You need to consider instead polls that do NOT allow someone to answer more than once.
FiveThirtyEight takes the average of three polls; RealClearPolitics also presents multiple polls.
A reality check would include asking yourself how many big names have either stepped up or backed off their support of Trump. They are the most visible face of the party - and you can assume almost no Democrat will vote for him.
Stein and Johnson have locked up 15% or so of the vote, leaving 85% to be split between Trump/Clinton.
50% of all voters are women
Minorities (Asians, Blacks, Hispanics) are voting in higher percentages than Whites (several news stories... you can google for this and confirm it.)
Very few Blacks are voting for Trump
Very few Latinos are voting for Trump
A number of Republican women have said they won't vote for him (and a few have said they will vote for Clinton.)
Heck, even Glen Beck is considering voting for Hillary (I don't think he will, but he's denounced Trump and won't vote for him)
Now, compare that with the number of Democrat Senators who say they will vote for Trump (I don't know of any)
And the number of Blacks voting for Hillary
And Latinos...
And women...
So if the groups more likely to vote are moving away from Trump... I think that the 538 polls and RealClearPolitics polls are most likely predictive and the ISideWith polls reflect people taking it multiple times and sharing with friends and family.
OVER the past two years, election polling has had some spectacular disasters. Several organizations tracking the 2014 midterm elections did not catch the Republican wave that led to strong majorities in both houses; polls in Israel badly underestimated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strength, and pollsters in Britain predicted a close election only to see the Conservatives win easily. What’s going on here? How much can we trust the polls as we head toward the 2016 elections?
Election polling is in near crisis, and we pollsters know. Two trends are driving the increasing unreliability of election and other polling in the United States: the growth of cellphones and the decline in people willing to answer surveys. Coupled, they have made high-quality research much more expensive to do, so there is less of it. This has opened the door for less scientifically based, less well-tested techniques. To top it off, a perennial election polling problem, how to identify “likely voters,” has become even thornier.
And perhaps worst of all these polls are used to determine who gets to be in the debate. If I was a third party candidate, I would be furious that such a wildly inaccurate method is used.
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
originally posted by: Swills
a reply to: Blue_Jay33
Right. Because the rest of us who aren't conservatives really want a man as our leader who brags about sexually assaulting women. The same man who has a suit against him for raping a 13 y/o girl. You know, I thought you conservatives were sick and tired of perverts in the Oval Office? Funny how you all think men dressed as women will grope your wives and kids in bathrooms but belittle Trumps bragging to locker room talk, because he says so and by he I mean Breitbart, Fox News, and Wall Street Billionaire Robert Mercer.
Clinton has admitted to crimes that have put others in jail. The email hacks have shown illegal collusion. If the media is any indication then Trump is our only way out. It's shameful that we are left in this position because of years of collusion. Shameful that it came to voting for Trump or a nominee who has committed treason. You can thank the gutless media for that. They turned a blind eye and pretended to be unbiased.
Now we find ourselves on the precipice of world war because the Democratic party, for some insane reason, has picked up the torch and wants to invade sovereign nations. Complete lunacy that the left is supporting 4 more years of meddling in foreign affairs.
Our only hope left is to make nice with Russia and attempt to avert nuclear holcaust. Hillary has a nice deep bunker waiting for her if it happens, do you?
originally posted by: buckwhizzle
The CEO of realclearpolitics was on Megyn Kelly and they were talking about Pennsylvania.He said it was like Lucy with the football and Charlie Brown.Every time the republicans think they can win it,the state gets pulled away.I would like to see Donald win it,heck to see it even in play would be nice.But I just don't see it happening.My 2cents.