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Late Polls Find Walker Is Still Favored (NY Times analyst admits Walker has 95% chance of winning)
New York Times ^ | 06/03/2012 | Nate Silver

Posted on 06/04/2012 4:58:16 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 06/04/2012 4:58:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Silver notes:

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Democrats have made various claims that Mr. Barrett might overperform his polls – citing, for instance, what they say is a superior turnout operation.

These claims need to be weighed against the long actuarial odds of a candidate who is down by this amount in the consensus of polls coming back to win at the last minute.

Campaigns that are down by about this margin in the polls often say that there is some dynamic that the polls are not capturing. Sometimes they are making reasonable arguments, and sometimes they are just spinning. But either way, these factors are rarely enough to allow the candidate to overcome the deficit. The exceptional cases are often remembered precisely because they are rare events.

It could be that Mr. Barrett does overperform his polls, but not by enough to win. A benchmark for a superior turnout operation is that it might typically be worth an additional two or three points – fewer than the six points by which he now trails Mr. Walker in the average of surveys.


2 posted on 06/04/2012 4:59:16 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)
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When he wins, and he is GOING TO WIN I want every single one of those people who signed for the recall to PAY FOR THE RECALL

You people trashed the Capital building, ran up expenses, and now you need to pay up.

3 posted on 06/04/2012 5:03:03 PM PDT by Volunteer (Though I know that the hypnotized never lie, do ya? - The Who)
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Bump


4 posted on 06/04/2012 5:04:25 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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He doesn’t have a 95% chance of winning. That’s the NYT increasing expectations so that if he loses they can call it a “shocking upset” which bodes ill for Romney.


5 posted on 06/04/2012 5:06:36 PM PDT by Brilliant
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Twelve points, baby. Plus or minus 2.


6 posted on 06/04/2012 5:06:55 PM PDT by cicero2k
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I think there are lots of voters who tell pollsters they will vote for Barrett but in the confines of the voting booth will vote for Walker. I’d be surprised if Walker doesn’t outperform the average of the polls.


7 posted on 06/04/2012 5:08:16 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (.)
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So, do you think that Obama sent in Holder’s DOJ to monitor the election in Milwaukee tomorrow, to assuage the feelings of abandonment of the union organizers?

Is it all for show, or does Obama really think that Holder can pull this out of the hat with accusations of disenfranchisement of minorities?


8 posted on 06/04/2012 5:08:44 PM PDT by Eva
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So, do you think that Obama sent in Holder’s DOJ to monitor the election in Milwaukee...

Perhaps I missed it, but in the list of cities the DOJ are going to be monitoring, Milwaukee was not one of them.

9 posted on 06/04/2012 5:10:38 PM PDT by Monitor ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-front for the urge to rule it." - H. L. Mencken)
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So, do you think that Obama sent in Holder’s DOJ to monitor the election in Milwaukee...

Perhaps I missed it, but in the list of cities the DOJ are going to be monitoring, Milwaukee was not one of them.

10 posted on 06/04/2012 5:11:01 PM PDT by Monitor ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-front for the urge to rule it." - H. L. Mencken)
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Kick a$$, write down leftist names. Is there another way?


11 posted on 06/04/2012 5:11:58 PM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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There are re three important factors in this election.

1. Turnout.
2. Turnout.
3. And finally, most importantly, turnout.


12 posted on 06/04/2012 5:13:14 PM PDT by oyez ( Affordable Health-care is neither affordable nor health-care.)
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Have the padlocks been securely put in place on all the gates of the cemeteries? We need to make sure the dead voters don't swarm into the polling stations in droves.

Don't be to optimistic. The voter fraud will be incredible. It will be a warm-up for the Nov. election.

I also bet that there will be court challenges if Walker wins. Challenges that will last for many months and will neuter any ability for Walker to govern.

13 posted on 06/04/2012 5:13:37 PM PDT by CapnJack
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He’s up to 94.5% on Intrade. That’s up from 92.1% around noon.


14 posted on 06/04/2012 5:15:57 PM PDT by cynwoody
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Holder is there to put the stamp of official credibility on baseless accusations of voter fraud.

These accusations will be used to gin up anger against the republicans and cash and enthousiasm for Obama among his currently disinterested base.

The show trials that Holder will conduct will also be a distraction during the next 5 months from Obama’s dismal economic record.


15 posted on 06/04/2012 5:16:00 PM PDT by staytrue
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All I ask is who should pay for this frivolous childish tantrum foisted on Wisconsin taxpayers once Walker wins. My Northern Wisconsin parents are 75 years old, rural, and they will help foot the bill for this irrational liberal tantrum. Will Wisconsin voters punish the democrat party this upcoming November? I’m sick and tired of the teacher’s unions, out-of-touch Dane County elitist’s, and Milwaukee County entitlement whore’s not respecting the will of the rest of the state. And for what? You are not the people I remember growing up with in northern Wisconsin.


16 posted on 06/04/2012 5:16:38 PM PDT by yooper (If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there......)
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PMSNBC has Barrett winning. ROTF!

They reference Milwaukee county as the reason for A Barrett win.

Charles Manson would win Milwaukee county if he ran as a dimocrat!

17 posted on 06/04/2012 5:17:27 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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PMSNBC has Barrett winning. ROTF!

They reference Milwaukee county as the reason for A Barrett win.

Charles Manson would win Milwaukee county if he ran as a dimocrat!

18 posted on 06/04/2012 5:17:42 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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It could be that Mr. Barrett does overperform his polls, but not by enough to win. A benchmark for a superior turnout operation is that it might typically be worth an additional two or three points – fewer than the six points by which he now trails Mr. Walker in the average of surveys.

If so, you can bet the cry of "LET THE RECOUNTS BEGIN!" will ring throughout the state - especially in the cities.

19 posted on 06/04/2012 5:18:37 PM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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If Walker wins, the only benefit Democrats can get out of the dog and pony show they have manufactured is to throw doubt on the outcome and tie it all up in court.

If Walker doesn’t blow out Barrett by at least 10 points, there will be countless accusations of voter intimidation, faulty machines, faulty counting, ballot box stuffing, hanging chads, you name it.

If they can get a sympathetic judge to hold up the results, they can stretch this thing out for months and prevent Walker from riding a headwind into November.


20 posted on 06/04/2012 5:23:36 PM PDT by randita
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