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CBS/YouGov Poll: Debate watchers believe Bernie Sanders made the best case for defeating Trump (Original Post) OliverQ Feb 2020 OP
Misleading headline. Only 26% thought Bernie "made the best case." SunSeeker Feb 2020 #1
That's not how this works. OliverQ Feb 2020 #3
That's not how statistics work. Gravitycollapse Feb 2020 #4
That's still better than any other candidate. totodeinhere Feb 2020 #5
It means more people thought he made the best case than thought anyone else made the best case. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #8
Sanders 3 month swing stat numbers vs Trump suck, that's what matters in the GE uponit7771 Feb 2020 #2
No they don't. OliverQ Feb 2020 #6
Not Sanders 3 month swing state numbers vs Trump, I wish you would stop the spin uponit7771 Feb 2020 #7
Thanks! Nt USALiberal Feb 2020 #9
Very telling poll Bumperstickers Feb 2020 #10
That crowd was bought. OliverQ Feb 2020 #11
That does not surprise me at all, what shame. Bumperstickers Feb 2020 #12
Interesting - you say they were "bought" and then say they PAID almost $2000? That's contradictory. George II Feb 2020 #13
Well, the tickets cost that much. OliverQ Feb 2020 #14
"Strong speculation" - in other words nothing real. Why would the other candidates and other.... George II Feb 2020 #15
Yeah they did. OliverQ Feb 2020 #16
You know that for a fact? George II Feb 2020 #17
 

SunSeeker

(51,497 posts)
1. Misleading headline. Only 26% thought Bernie "made the best case."
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:31 PM
Feb 2020

74% thought he did not.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
3. That's not how this works.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:33 PM
Feb 2020

If 26% thought he made the best case, that means every other candidate made an even worse case.

By your own argument, 79% of people thought Biden made a worse case.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts)
4. That's not how statistics work.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:34 PM
Feb 2020

You cannot generalize like that based on pointed questions.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

totodeinhere

(13,056 posts)
5. That's still better than any other candidate.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:34 PM
Feb 2020

When there are that many candidates still in the running 26% isn't bad.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

thesquanderer

(11,967 posts)
8. It means more people thought he made the best case than thought anyone else made the best case.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:46 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

uponit7771

(90,300 posts)
2. Sanders 3 month swing stat numbers vs Trump suck, that's what matters in the GE
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:32 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
6. No they don't.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:36 PM
Feb 2020

He's +7 in Michigan. He's +2 in Wisconsin (the same as every Democrat). He's +5 in North Carolina, which is better than Biden. He's +4 in PA.

Bernie is also beating Trump by +18 with independents. Far better than any other candidate.

I wish you all would stop making these false claims about polls.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

uponit7771

(90,300 posts)
7. Not Sanders 3 month swing state numbers vs Trump, I wish you would stop the spin
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:38 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Bumperstickers

(199 posts)
10. Very telling poll
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:37 PM
Feb 2020

After Sanders got slammed from every angle including the crowd. Looks unstoppable.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
11. That crowd was bought.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:39 PM
Feb 2020

They had to pay almost $2000 a ticket and they were only cheering the Billionaire.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Bumperstickers

(199 posts)
12. That does not surprise me at all, what shame.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:43 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

George II

(67,782 posts)
13. Interesting - you say they were "bought" and then say they PAID almost $2000? That's contradictory.
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 10:13 AM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
14. Well, the tickets cost that much.
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 11:21 AM
Feb 2020

There is strong speculation that Bloomberg bought those tickets for his cheering crowd.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

George II

(67,782 posts)
15. "Strong speculation" - in other words nothing real. Why would the other candidates and other....
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 11:26 AM
Feb 2020

....organizations sell their tickets to Bloomberg instead of their own people or do what normally happens, give them to their supporters or members?

So Sanders supporters claim that Bloomberg stacked the audience, Krystal Ball says the DNC rigged the audience. Fact is, no one riged or stacked anything.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

George II

(67,782 posts)
17. You know that for a fact?
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 11:29 AM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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