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hollywood926 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 08:39 PM
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Is CNN retarded or am I?
They are showing numbers that favor one candidate and calling that state for the other candidate. What gives?????
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 08:40 PM
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1. numbers are returns
projections also take exit polls into account.

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bamacrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 08:40 PM
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2. same here
they show Kerry up by 7-8% then call it for bush.
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KingChicken Donating Member (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 08:40 PM
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3. CNN has some learning disabilities
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 08:51 PM
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4. that's entirely possible
it depends on which precincts are reporting in.

for example, if kerry is only winning by 7% in precincts he should be winning by 27%, then he's quite likely to lose the state.

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meganmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 08:57 PM
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5. There are sooo many tempting ways to answer that....
But we've only just met.

:P
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demothinker Donating Member (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 08:58 PM
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6. Why is it an either/or? ;-)
Edited on Tue Nov-02-04 08:58 PM by demothinker
j/k :D
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Sebum Donating Member (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 08:58 PM
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7. perhaps exit polls vs actual returns?
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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 09:00 PM
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8. You even have to ask that question? It's 100 %
CNN!

They are WAAAAY past retarded. :evilgrin:
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 09:09 PM
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9. Faith based
arithmetic. :crazy:
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