Thanks to the mods for cutting the link to ElectoralVote.Com

[Ken Burch]

It was always depressing reading and I don't think any of those polls could be trusted.

[racaulk]

1. +1

The day before the election in 2004, they predicted a Kerry victory. I haven't been able to trust them since.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. Hmmm......

That's kinda funny on a couple levels, if it wasn't so sad.

[ramapo]

13. Polls are best ignored

Polls just cause inappropriate reactions and emotions one way or the other. And to what end?

[SlipperySlope]

3. Tanenbaum is a rare breed

He is a Democratic libertarian. Not many people self-identify with that these days.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

4. Bill Maher?

I think Bill's a liberal who just can't admit it.

[Ken Burch]

5. And the reason THIS is getting unrec's is....?

:eyes:

[sharp_stick]

7. Probably because most people

actually like electoral-vote.com. Just because they aren't blowing smoke up your ass doesn't make them bad.

[emilyg]

12. That's my reason for unrec.

[Ken Burch]

14. self-delete.

thought you were agreeing with a different post than the one you were actually agreeing with.

Although I do have to ask, rather than unrec'ing, why didn't you just say you liked the website in question?

[emilyg]

15. How can I

dislike you? I don't know you. Perhaps you should heed your own adice.

[Ken Burch]

16. Oh, sorry, I thought you were agreeing to a different post than the one you were agreeing with.

Will delete my previous post.

[emilyg]

17. Peace.

[Codeine]

8. Because that's a useful site.

And honestly, it's probably because some people dislike you -- that's the reason my own threads get unrecced, but I'm cool with that. :evilgrin:

[Ken Burch]

11. Well, yeah, some people do dislike me.

And that's their right, I guess.

Weird that they get personal with it, but that's their hangup.

[Upton]

9. I like electoral-vote.com

I find it useful....and it even has a "without Rasmussen" option..

[NoPasaran]

10. Generally, whining about unrecs gets and automatic unrec from me

But in this case I recced this thread. The less woe and doom being spread around here today, the better.

[beyurslf]

6. I think you mean electoral-vote.com. I go there every day.

It is one of my favorite sites and I find the info good. The fact that Kerry lost in 2004 is hardly fault of a websites that gathers polls to predict a result. If you go to past elections on the page, it even explains the results for 2004.