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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:51 AM Original message |
Poll question: Which is the single main reason you think this race is still so close? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Crappy polls. But yours is good. |
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codjh9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. Other: because a segment of the public is either dumb as a rock, stupid, mean, racist, |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:56 AM Original message |
I second this explanation. n/t |
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geekgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Yeah, I have a tendancy to agree with you there. A combo of that and some of the above as well. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. I hit other for the same reason... |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. It pains me to say it. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. Other: |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. I don't think this race is close. |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. I'm with you, Drum. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. Where's the option for "Because he's black"? |
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geekgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Seriously! I worry we underestimate the racism effect! nt |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. The third option |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. People still vote on ideology and "he (or she) shares my values!" |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. Lack of a proper civics education of Americans |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
12. All of the above EXCEPT #2 and #8 are true to some extent |
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Not the Only One (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
13. racist old white people. |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
14. Racism. Really. Flat out racism. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
15. Other.... Sarah Palin. She re-energized the RW nutjobs. |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
16. Other: The Bush Base is a solid mass of inbred redneckery |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
17. There's actually two main reasons: race and media. The M$M has been playing up race |
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JimWis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
18. Something to think about - |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
19. I had to go with MSM bias as the main reason, but bigotry and skewed polls are factors, too. |
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Lucy Goosey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
20. Racism and the MSM. |
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invictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
21. Because the M$M has it's own agenda which is to prop up McCain. |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
22. too many people care more about American Idol than about the Presidency |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
23. 1. M$M |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
24. Social Issues. Equal Rights and Abortion. |
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MBS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
26. the MSM and bigotry do play a role (yesterday's NYT article on |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
27. The first Presidential debate gets the most viewers - here's the schedule |
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MBS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. fingers crossed you're right. n/t |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
30. Other: The electorate votes on cultural self-identification, and roughly half the nation |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
31. Other: |
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