Caution about being too exuberant.
In 2012, curtains were pulled to hide empty areas of gymnasiums were Obama was to speak, due to small turnouts. In larger gymnasiums with upper sections, those sections were darkened to keep cameras from seeing the empty seats.
In 2016, Clinton is having similar problems getting people to show up to her venues, so more camera tricks and curtains are used to hide empty areas.
Empty gymnasiums and venues do not necessarily mean that the candidate will lose. Obama who sought reelection in 2012 with one of the worst records in presidential reelection history won by a significant margin.
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The real question is: how will social media numbers translate?
Are they silent votes for a certain candidate? or are they just the ramblings of the disaffected?
This is probably the first election in over a century where a political outsider even made past the convention and into the general, without being a 3rd party contender. How will that impact the anti-politician crowd and will it translate into votes?
It is still too early to tell. Many of the polls are just commissioned junk polls designed to produce an intended result. The general public are still not paying much attention, what with the Olympics and getting the kids ready and fixing dinner and getting the car fix, etc.
“Many of the polls are just commissioned junk polls designed to produce an intended result.”
I agree they are at least somewhat slanted for sure. What is the intended result?
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