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Re:One pollster’s explanation for why the polls got it wrong by newswasboring on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @01:49AM (#25056095)
> there is no correlation between when a Dem condemned violent protest and whether they won their election

The tweet shor got fired for was literally giving data for this. Did you see the article about his firing?

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Re:One pollster’s explanation for why the polls got it wrong by snowwrestler on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @02:13AM (#25056184)
Neither that tweet, nor the paper it referred to, attempted to correlate the exact date at which each Democratic candidate condemned violence with their respective election results.
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Re:One pollster’s explanation for why the polls got it wrong by newswasboring on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @02:22AM (#25056220)
that is such an impossible ask. We can only look at these things in aggregate. Contrary to popular belief a whole country doesn't turn on a time. Also even if that is your standard, this finding is still relevant.
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