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Offline Right_in_Virginia

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GOP turnout confounds pollsters in Georgia election
« on: June 22, 2017, 05:14:53 pm »
GOP turnout confounds pollsters in Georgia election
Politico, Jun 21, 2017, Steven Shepard

Jon Ossoff was on a trajectory to defeat Karen Handel narrowly, poised to deliver a humiliating blow to the White House in a race billed as a referendum of Donald Trump’s early months in office. Then the Republican voters in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District unexpectedly showed up in droves.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/21/georgia-sixth-congress-polls-handel-ossoff-239813

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Re: GOP turnout confounds pollsters in Georgia election
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2017, 06:14:09 pm »
GOP turnout confounds pollsters in Georgia election
Politico, Jun 21, 2017, Steven Shepard

Jon Ossoff was on a trajectory to defeat Karen Handel narrowly, poised to deliver a humiliating blow to the White House in a race billed as a referendum of Donald Trump’s early months in office. Then the Republican voters in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District unexpectedly showed up in droves.

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More:
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/21/georgia-sixth-congress-polls-handel-ossoff-239813

Everything is 'unexpected' now because there is simply no way to do reliable polling anymore.
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Re: GOP turnout confounds pollsters in Georgia election
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2017, 06:39:44 pm »
Everything is 'unexpected' now because there is simply no way to do reliable polling anymore.

Do me a favor, and look at this complicated chart. Then explain it in 25 words or less, for a non-political-junkie.

Thanks in advance.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/?ex_cid=rrpromo
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