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standingtall

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5. Where is the data on this study

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Feb 6, 2018, 07:21 PM

Feb 2018

I don't by for one second people stay home because they think they got it in the bag. More likely more people turnout when they know their going to win.

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Study Finds Election Forecasts Lower Voter Turnout [View all] applegrove Feb 2018 OP

The favorable exit polls early election day for Kerry kept democrats home from the 2004 election. applegrove Feb 2018 #1

Lot of potential Clinton voters likely stayed home in 2016, thinking it was going to be a blowout bearsfootball516 Feb 2018 #2

And republicans know it. There is the shy elephant theory that republicans applegrove Feb 2018 #3

While I agree with the article, I can't imagine that being an issue in 2018. John Fante Feb 2018 #4

Agreed. Hence why we saw such huge turnout in the Virginia governers race. bearsfootball516 Feb 2018 #7

Where is the data on this study standingtall Feb 2018 #5

Why then did exit polls stop being published early in the day on election day applegrove Feb 2018 #6

Or when repukes got the news of exit polls standingtall Feb 2018 #9

As a millenniall Jspur Feb 2018 #8

Those were probably the type that rarely vote anyway if ever standingtall Feb 2018 #10

Well if Jspur Feb 2018 #12

Obama only got a couple hundred thousand votes more than standingtall Feb 2018 #13

MSNBC was forever touting the stupid percentages Awsi Dooger Feb 2018 #11