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How old are you? Within my lifetime there have been at least six presidential elections that were absolutely not reported as "virtual ties", including the last
by twoodfin 14y ago
How old are you? Within my lifetime there have been at least six presidential elections that were absolutely not reported as "virtual ties", including the last one.
- genwin 14y agoFound in 5 seconds: "Gallup Daily: Obama-McCain Race Reverts to Virtual Tie" Found in another 5 seconds: "National Poll Shows Bush, Kerry in Virtual Tie" I could go on.
- twoodfin 14y agoThat Gallup poll is from June. The race was a virtual tie then. November reporting is a different story. And Bush/Kerry was also pretty damned close. Not one of the races I was referring to.
- genwin 14y agoThat's just the one I found in 5 seconds. This one's from mid-August 2008: "New [LA Times/Bloomberg] poll shows McCain - Obama in virtual tie". And from Sept: "[NBC News/Wall Street Journal] Poll shows Obama and McCain in virtual tie". 3 months later, still a virtual tie! I'm sure I could find a closer one. I didn't say the media would always report that in November. I went back to 1992 and still found "virtual tie" reports. That's 5 elections in a row.