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Post by Sysop3 on Oct 31, 2016 22:27:34 GMT -5
Poll: Clinton Maintains National Lead Over Trump Despite FBI Letter Hillary Clinton's 6-point national lead over Donald Trump remains virtually unchanged since last week, even after FBI Director James Comey announced the discovery of emails that could be "pertinent" to the investigation of Clinton's use of a private email server. The NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll showed Clinton with a 6-point lead over Trump in the days prior to the Comey news. When looking at the data for Saturday and Sunday only, her lead remained the same — 47 percent to Trump's 41 percent. The poll was conducted online from October 24 through October 30. Questions about Comey's announcement were included on October 29 and October 30.  Results for the entire week of the tracking poll show that in a four-way match-up, Clinton enjoys 47 percent support among likely voters, while Trump holds onto 41 percent support. Gary Johnson drops a single point to 6 percent support, and Jill Stein has 3 percent support. In a two-way race, Clinton enjoys a 7-point lead over Trump, with 51 percent support compared to Trump's 44 percent. On Friday, FBI Director Comey sent a letter to Congress stating that the bureau would be reviewing emails that may be related the investigation into Clinton's use of a private server during her tenure as secretary of state. The emails—which were uncovered during an unrelated investigation of former New York congressman Anthony Weiner, federal officials told NBC News—came as a huge surprise to the Clinton campaign just 11 days ahead of the general election. The Democratic nominee — as well as several prominent party leaders—expressed confusion and anger with the announcement. When asked whether she thought the news would affect the election, Clinton said, "I think people made up their minds a long time ago." Likely voters were split on whether they thought the controversial announcement by the FBI was an important issue to discuss or more of a distraction to the campaign. A slight majority of likely voters nationwide—55 percent—said it was an important issue. Forty-four percent said the news was more of a distraction to the campaign. more www.nbcnews.com/storyline/data-points/poll-clinton-maintains-national-lead-over-trump-despite-fbi-letter-n675771
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Post by annaj26 on Oct 31, 2016 23:08:30 GMT -5
In spite of the past few days, I still think Hillary is going to win.
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Post by men an tol on Nov 1, 2016 1:14:09 GMT -5
In spite of the past few days, I still think Hillary is going to win. I suspect that there is a sizable number of people who agree with you Anna. I am coming to believe that the media, at least portion of it, are providing opinion and desire in place of simply reporting the facts. The degree to which people respond will depend in part on how much they rely on the media. One thing seems quite likely and that is, that no matter how the election turns out, a significant portion of the voters will not be satisfied. I do not mean that unhappy people will ‘rise up’ to change the government, rather, I think that confidence in government, already low, will drop even lower. Hopefully that will not happen as low and sustained confidence in government can lay a fertile field for growing unrest. If it is believed that government, or at least number of members of the government are developing power and increasing their personal wealth, it will open the door for self-proclaimed leaders to come to the fore with solutions that will not be good for the country. Now is the time for people to become increasingly involved in their local government, something that they can actually touch and change, and turn a deaf ear to those who agitate for anti-social movements. |
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Post by mouse on Nov 1, 2016 4:38:56 GMT -5
Men wrote """ I think that confidence in government, already low, will drop even lower."""
I think you spot on
last night the BBC was saying the gap between the two was consistently narrowing..certainly they didn't mention a 7point lead.....who knows
but which ever wins....the real problems will remain...is there a will to resolve or will eyes shut and hope it will all go away
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Post by beth on Nov 1, 2016 9:37:56 GMT -5
News is very slow today.
Media will try to keep the race as close as possible for the most part. That will encourage a lot of suspense throughout the coming week and give them more readers .. which translates to more hits ... which allows them to adjust their ad prices accordingly.
I have a pretty good little ad-blocker and am greeted on a lot of news sites with a bold type request that I remove it immediately and allow their ads. lol
No
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Post by men an tol on Nov 1, 2016 10:32:46 GMT -5
I too block a lot of ads and the numbers of requests to become more open to just any site are increasing.
I have more of a pessimistic view of the post-election period. I believe things will become increasingly tense no matter who wins the election. In my opinion we are entering a period where the view of the role of government is separating into quite different perspectives. In a short hand view, one looks to increasing the involvement of government and the other looks to decreasing the involvement of government. Both see their perspective as best for the American people.
No matter who wins it is likely that the economy will change at a fundamental level and each group will blame the other. I suspect that we will see an increase in anti-social behavior and that there is likelihood of increased military involvement around the world. The point is that the ability to talk among ourselves will decrease and verbal brickbats will increasingly take the place of reasonable discourse. I suspect that the next few years will be marked by increasing contention.
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Post by Dex on Nov 1, 2016 10:40:00 GMT -5
I too block a lot of ads and the numbers of requests to become more open to just any site are increasing. I have more of a pessimistic view of the post-election period. I believe things will become increasingly tense no matter who wins the election. In my opinion we are entering a period where the view of the role of government is separating into quite different perspectives. In a short hand view, one looks to increasing the involvement of government and the other looks to decreasing the involvement of government. Both see their perspective as best for the American people. No matter who wins it is likely that the economy will change at a fundamental level and each group will blame the other. I suspect that we will see an increase in anti-social behavior and that there is likelihood of increased military involvement around the world. The point is that the ability to talk among ourselves will decrease and verbal brickbats will increasingly take the place of reasonable discourse. I suspect that the next few years will be marked by increasing contention. Thanks for the predictions, Men an tol. I'd like to look back on this in a year and see how close you came. My opinion is that everything will mostly come down to who carries Congress. |
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Post by men an tol on Nov 1, 2016 11:18:18 GMT -5
I too block a lot of ads and the numbers of requests to become more open to just any site are increasing. I have more of a pessimistic view of the post-election period. I believe things will become increasingly tense no matter who wins the election. In my opinion we are entering a period where the view of the role of government is separating into quite different perspectives. In a short hand view, one looks to increasing the involvement of government and the other looks to decreasing the involvement of government. Both see their perspective as best for the American people. No matter who wins it is likely that the economy will change at a fundamental level and each group will blame the other. I suspect that we will see an increase in anti-social behavior and that there is likelihood of increased military involvement around the world. The point is that the ability to talk among ourselves will decrease and verbal brickbats will increasingly take the place of reasonable discourse. I suspect that the next few years will be marked by increasing contention. Thanks for the predictions, Men an tol. I'd like to look back on this in a year and see how close you came. My opinion is that everything will mostly come down to who carries Congress. There is a lot of truth to what you say Dex and in most years in would be ‘the’ primary factor. This year other factors, other perspectives seem to be playing more of a role than ever before. During the 1960s we had a Watershed point that had little to do with Congress as it was the people who forced the changes in laws as they impacted minorities. It was a combination of white and black and other minorities that made the changes happen. Congress followed trying to gain credit. Today the people are becoming increasing agitated but not together as in the sixties, rather we are coming closer to a decision about the role of government in our lives. This is no small thing as it will define the direction of the country for decades to come. Being somewhat of an old romantic I believe that the dreams and hopes and visions of the Founders will win through, but realistically our world is being taken over by younger people that have learned a different way as to the role of government and the role of the citizen. It is no sure bet as to the direction of the future. Of course, that is as it has always been. |
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Post by mouse on Nov 2, 2016 5:17:02 GMT -5
Men wrote """coming to believe that the media, at least portion of it, are providing opinion and desire in place of simply reporting the facts."""
the media of course has its masters.....
perhaps its time to forbid all this media and polls...and speculation
and just concentrate on what candidates do and say..their background dirty or otherwise
time to stop manipulation via the media ..it solves nothing and muddies the waters
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