• FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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    6 months ago

    I wouldn’t exactly claim 2% polling gains as a big victory, tbh.

    I check fivethirtyeight and 270towin pretty often and it hasn’t changed much in the last 6 months. Still dystopian.

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      6 months ago

      I wouldn’t exactly claim 2% polling gains as a big victory, tbh.

      Its preferable to the 5-pt lag he was suffering a month ago. But nothing to brag about. Hillary squandered a 10-pt lead in the month before the general election, as the media turned into a “Buttery Males” feeding frenzy.

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        6 months ago

        I can provide 5 polls in May that show him with a lead of at least 2 points.

        I can also provide 6 polls with Trump leading by the same amounts.

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      6 months ago

      These kind of headlines also make people feel like their vote is more/less critical.