Wow, a couple polls is all it took for the poll trutherism to hit Dick Morris levels.

[DanTex]

That thing about how CNN supposedly only polled people over 50 was downright hilarious.

Here's a tip to my friends in the Bernie camp. Polls come and go, numbers go up and down. Just hang in there, pretty soon there'll be a poll you like. No need to lose your heads over this.

[Thinkingabout]

1. Agreed, Hillary will be up at the proper time.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. How long before Bernie supporters create their own "unskewed" polls? nt

[roguevalley]

36. never but thanks for the concern.

[Renew Deal]

3. Some of the poll conspiracies remind me of the Romney people in 2012.

[leftofcool]

4. Oh that is so gawd damn funny!

[DCBob]

5. It appears they were convinced Bernie was going to just continue rising in the polls..

until he surpassed Hillary. The CNN poll crushed all that.

[roguevalley]

37. one poorly designed poll out of many. He still leads in NH and Iowa. Those are the

polls that count right now, not CNN.

[MindfulOne]

6. The CNN poll only surveyed 392 Democrats and Democratically-leaning independents.

That's not a particularly useful number if you want reliable data.

No sleep lost here, there will be other polls and, in the end, the only one that matters is on election day.

[DanTex]

11. Yeah, about the same as the other polls. Margin of error for a sample that size is about 5%.

[Gman]

29. Statistically that number is fine.

Statistically you could have as few as (IIRC from statistics 20 years ago) 30 to be significant. There's a large error margin, but it would still be a bell curve.

[jkbRN]

7. No need to write a post so condescending.

[jeff47]

15. Sure it is. That's what he does.

Also, if this same poll said Sanders was ahead, he'd be on the "no under 50" bandwagon.

Heads, Dan wins. Tails, Dan wins.

[jkbRN]

26. Um,

just letting you know that your statement "sure it is. that's what he does" puts you on the same level.

Childish.

[jeff47]

27. You're operating under the assumption that they actually want to

elevate the level of discussion here. That doesn't serve their goals. Childish is all we will have here until after the 2016 general election.

[jkbRN]

33. Haha, touché sir!!

[reformist2]

8. It is hilarious the lengths they will go, to hide the fact that Bernie is the choice of young voters

[randys1]

9. What we need are debates, more of them and NOW. I am confident that either Bernie

or Hillary can win this election as long as we dont sit back and let the terrorists create a false narrative.

[virtualobserver]

10. patronizing superiority and condescension

paint such a beautiful picture of Hillary supporters

Funny, since I've seen Hillary supporters denigrating particular polls when they don't like the outcome.

[DanTex]

12. Huh, I must have missed the 90-rec post where a Hillary supporter falsely tried to pretend

that a poll didn't survey people of certain ages. I guess I'll have to take your word for it...

[virtualobserver]

14. you weren't on the poll debunking team that day

[DanTex]

16. Thanks for the link! I'll check it out.

[virtualobserver]

30. I discovered long ago that "proving" things to Hillary evangelists was a complete waste of time

[DanTex]

31. Yes, given that there are no facts behind your rhetoric, it is indeed a waste of time.

[virtualobserver]

32. no, the way that it works is that you ignore the fact and move on to your next talking point

so what is the point, really.

[DanTex]

34. Funny. Anyway, thanks for the link. Always great when people back their rhetoric with evidence.

[virtualobserver]

35. Not funny, Just True.

[jeff47]

13. No Dan, one poll.

Posted a second time as if it was coming from CBS.

[DanTex]

17. You must missed the 90-plus recs for the OP pretending that CNN didn't poll under 50.

Too bad, because it was truly hilarious. Maybe you can still find it.

[jeff47]

18. Glad you admitted it was one poll. You should edit your OP. (nt)

[DanTex]

19. That was the one that Bernie fans freaked out about, hilariously.

Though I'm sure it won't be the last.

[jeff47]

20. So, lying in your OP is OK?

Can I link to this anytime you complain about accuracy in a pro-Sanders post?

[DanTex]

21. Huh? I'm not lying, Bernie Sanders fans did, in fact, freak out about that poll.

[jeff47]

22. Do you need me to link the definition of "couple" for you?

Or do you want to keep counting the "CBS Poll" that was reporting on the CNN poll?

[DanTex]

23. You're right, it's more than just two, the last week or so has been pretty good poll-wise for HRC.

So, OK, I plead guilty for using the word "couple" to mean "a few".

[jeff47]

24. If you mean "good" as "dropping slower", then yes.

But hey, truthiness is more important, right?

[DanTex]

25. I mean the the gap has widened. Hence the hilarious poll-trutherism.

[JackInGreen]

28. The equivalent of

"You mad bro". It's shocking you can shitpost so eloquently.

[Jim Lane]

38. Actually, the Clinton people got to the poll trutherism first.

You may remember all the pronouncements, including DU posts, about Clinton's huge lead in the polls. I don't know if any of them actually used the word "inevitable", but there was definitely a strain of thought that said or implied that the polls showed she would be the nominee and that any criticism of her was therefore giving aid and comfort to the enemy.

Well, that lasted until polls started showing Sanders moving up, with one key breakthrough coming when he took the lead in New Hampshire. When that happened, we promptly had this post in (of course) the Hillary Clinton Group, with the highlight:

"Although the polls say otherwise right now, I think Hillary will win the primary," a New Hampshire Democrat said. "It is still early, she retooled her campaign to better reflect her authenticity, trustworthiness and exceptional qualifications. Polls have been proven wrong, especially in NH!"....

A sterling example of poll trutherism, IMO.

If this week's polls are better for Clinton, then I assume that the assessment of their accuracy (at least in certain quarters) will go up -- for now.