by vtsnowedin » Sun 06 Nov 2016, 16:28:00
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dolanbaker', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GoghGoner', 'I') would be shocked if Trump won. The numbers are very much against it still. I doubt if my life will be affected by the election, but perhaps, my job in government-funded research is a little safer with the Ds.
I wouldn't believe anything they are saying about the polls right now. They always say it is close to keep turnout high even if they know it will be a blowout.
There's always a significant number who will lie to the pollsters for a variety of reasons, just look at the recent Brexit vote in the UK. All the polls had the remain side ahead (by 5% or so), but the result was 52% for leave.
It's also very important to consider those who decide
not to vote as their missing votes could make the difference.
I'm speaking from my observations of the last ten presidential elections. The reported polls mysteriously tighten near the end and often have no relationship to the final results so one has to determine that pollsters have no idea about how to do your job or are skewing how they report their results to lead voters to vote one way or the other.
It's well known that if a candidate is way down in the polls voters will move away from them not wanting to vote for a loser. The prediction of the loss creates the reality.
And then there is this recent trend of election night results not being reported as the numbers actually come in but by some predetermined result.
I've counted a lot of votes and helped report them to the state office that tabulates them. They should and do dribble in hour by hour and precinct by precinct and the totals and percentages should change hour by hour, not sit stagnant with a large number reported right after the polls close for hours with no change. Of course large cities with voting machines can report faster then paper ballot towns but there is no way they all report at once before the same commercial break.
But if your network can feed questions to their preferred candidate before the debate what is a little manipulation of the voting results trying to get candidates to come out and give their concession speeches?
Or maybe they are just playing the viewers trying to keep the maximum number of eyeballs on the screen to view a few more commercials.
by vox_mundi » Sun 06 Nov 2016, 16:35:32
No matter who wins, I think
most of the voters in the U.S. will feel like the homeless guy in this story ...
Officials: San Antonio Police Officer Fired For Attempting to Feed Fecal Sandwich to Homeless Person$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]An officer from the San Antonio Police Department has been fired for allegedly attempting to feed a fecal sandwich to a homeless person, several sources have confirmed.
The City Council was briefed on the matter during a private session Thursday, sources said.
The officer reportedly placed fecal matter between two pieces of bread and gave it to a homeless person.The alleged incident occurred in May, when
Officer Matthew Luckhurst, a five-year veteran of the department,
bragged to a fellow officer that “he had picked up some feces, placed it in a slice of bread, and put it in a Styrofoam container next to the unknown homeless male,” according to a press release from the chief’s office. “
The officer reported that he told Luckhurst to go back and throw it away. The officer said he saw Luckhurst go back and he assumed that Luckhurst discarded the container.”
The incident was reported to Internal Affairs in July. Police Department officials have been unable to locate the homeless man.
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“There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.” ― Leonardo da Vinci
Insensible before the wave so soon released by callous fate. Affected most, they understand the least, and understanding, when it comes, invariably arrives too late.