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vercetti2021

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31. So just give up?

Reply to Legends303 (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2018, 08:29 PM

Oct 2018

One poll like this doesn't mean a goddamn thing

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CBS has Cruz up 10 on latest poll [View all] Legends303 Oct 2018 OP

Not a surprise nycbos Oct 2018 #1

Beto isnt giving up before election day Tiggeroshii Oct 2018 #4

Of course we shouldn't give up. nycbos Oct 2018 #6

Polls showed heitkamp losing by an average of 6 points in 2012 Tiggeroshii Oct 2018 #10

I agree. nycbos Oct 2018 #14

NOT a CBS poll! getagrip_already Oct 2018 #12

Thank you for the extra info!! :-) Good to know!! NurseJackie Oct 2018 #24

Thanks I was just going to post the same. book_worm Oct 2018 #34

Aren't most local CBS stations owned by Sinclair now? marlakay Oct 2018 #42

"Texas is probably two or three cycles away from being competitive." The_Counsel Oct 2018 #13

that's possible... but getagrip_already Oct 2018 #25

Great points... hurl Oct 2018 #27

As the saying goes Tiggeroshii Oct 2018 #2

Move the money to other winnable races. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #3

agree on first two qazplm135 Oct 2018 #9

Recent polling has Bredesen anywhere from 1 up to 4 down. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #17

NY 27th Congressional District. pangaia Oct 2018 #11

And we were told Doug Jones was a lost cause in the AL special election LanternWaste Oct 2018 #15

Nobody actually knows what will happen Tiggeroshii Oct 2018 #16

How does "moving the money work" in your eyes? BannonsLiver Oct 2018 #26

No. Sorry. I meant the DSCC and guys like Steyer. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #28

What money? blogslut Oct 2018 #36

jesus, that is fucking insanity, cultivated by big money over decades. nt JCanete Oct 2018 #5

That's "Dixie Strategies" and a local CBS affiliate. yesterday with Quinpac, within 5 Ellipsis Oct 2018 #7

On the other hand, if you were Mexican American, would you pick up the phone Baitball Blogger Oct 2018 #8

There are plenty of Mexican American Republicans...lots of them LeftInTX Oct 2018 #37

I am going for the fools gold. I am holding out that a lot of those folks polled will be voting for allgood33 Oct 2018 #18

I think there are a lot of newly registered voters who are not being polled Beaverhausen Oct 2018 #19

Others are WAY closer. This one is worth pulling out all the stops for. DFW Oct 2018 #20

OTHER REPLIES HERE ARE SHOWING THIS IS A BAD VERY REPUBLICAN POLL. FORGET ABOUT IT!! LBM20 Oct 2018 #21

Already forgotten. DFW Oct 2018 #22

+1. Early voting is still going on dalton99a Oct 2018 #38

Hillary lost in Texas 52-43 Renew Deal Oct 2018 #23

Texas just disappoints. It's not just that they may not elect Beto dem4decades Oct 2018 #29

Texas does have its own "special" textbooks... Sparkly Oct 2018 #30

So just give up? vercetti2021 Oct 2018 #31

Yeah, the polls had HRC winning in a walk too. TomSlick Oct 2018 #32

I hope every straight ticket voter double checks the ballot before they register the vote. nt Snotcicles Oct 2018 #33

noooooooo Demovictory9 Oct 2018 #35

We'll see. blogslut Oct 2018 #39

False headline in OP Kaleva Oct 2018 #40

The only poll that counts will be taken Nov.6th! Be there!!! nt Progressive Jones Oct 2018 #41