Category Archives: 2016 election

Dewey / Truman and poll weighting

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Fred Stiening

The polling folks are always terrified that they will repeat the mistake of 1948 – when the Chicago Tribune gloriously announced that Dewey had won the election. Then again CBS declared Gore the winner in 2000. The reason for the … Continue reading →

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Now that’s Rich!

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Fred Stiening

The “correct the record” trolls and much of the media have really latched on to the “Wikileaks got the emails from a Russian Hacker”, overlooking the possibility that the source was a person inside the government with access to the … Continue reading →

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It’s Obamacare day!

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Fred Stiening

No pushing! As promised, all the insurance companies have dropped out, except Blue Cross/Shield of NC, who amended their request to add 24% increase. Without subsidy, the silver plan has around a $1,200 a month premium. While the “risk corridor” … Continue reading →

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North Carolina politics in two pictures

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Fred Stiening

North Carolina may well be the “2000 Florida” of the 2016 election, being very close and being the state that decides the electoral college From http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/42923/123365/Web01/en/summary.html 2012 statewide results for Obama vs Romney by county Mecklenburg County by precinct

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Trump has Big Mo

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Fred Stiening

About 20% of Americans want to vote for whoever they think is going to win, without much more thought. Today’s group of polls have Trump taking the lead in the electoral vote estimate for the first time. Needing 270 to … Continue reading →

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Last minute indictments are unprecedented?

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Orly? http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/flashback-clinton-cheered-11th-hour-indictment-that-doomed-bush-reelection/article/2606000#refresh-1ORLY? Hopefully the EIB memory division remembers.

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Make America something again

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Fred Stiening

So I was at Jack in the Box trying out the new Homestyle fried potatoes✅. Last time I was there cars on Pineville Matthews Road were honking their horns as they went by. There is a private school across the … Continue reading →

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Yoko Ono & Hillary were lovers?

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Fred Stiening

You probably heard that back In May or the rebound in October The story appeared Here, at World News Daily Report Even a cursory look at the news page makes it obvious this is a fake news site similar to … Continue reading →

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Never too early to vote…

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Today was my first experience with “early” voting – I have always voted in person on Election Day. Those who have been here way too long may remember that into 2012, the city of Chicago threw my vote away (probably). … Continue reading →

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Watching the watchers

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Fred Stiening

It is still two weeks from the election and the library is surrounded by poll “volunteers”, filling up parking spaces that could better be used for playing Pokémon. So first impressions, who do you think organized this group of people? … Continue reading →

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