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Zeitghost

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6. 8/10 voters

Reply to Mountainguy (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2024, 01:34 AM

Jun 2024

Have their mind made up before the candidates come out. They will vote party line no matter who gets the nomination.

20% of the voters being persuaded in some way by a debate is significant when a small percentage of swing voters decide who wins.

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Poll: Debate didn't make any difference [View all] Mountainguy Jun 2024 OP

Hopefully that is true.... the futures market say otherwise..... jimlup Jun 2024 #1

LOL W_HAMILTON Jun 2024 #2

GREAT post and points... democratsruletheday Jun 2024 #15

If debates mattered LostOne4Ever Jun 2024 #3

Just as I fucking suspected, this fuck shit won't matter in two weeks. "What do other fucking voters think?!?" SoFlaBro Jun 2024 #4

Won't wake anyone up to what CNN is about either, probably... RockRaven Jun 2024 #5

8/10 voters Zeitghost Jun 2024 #6

But that isn't what the poll said Mountainguy Jun 2024 #9

5% said it changed their minds about whom to vote for. Cattledog Jun 2024 #7

Evenly split between Trump and Biden Mountainguy Jun 2024 #10

Of course they didn't. Xolodno Jun 2024 #8

Truth kcr Jun 2024 #11

Not the onss with supine TV hacks asking the questions Warpy Jun 2024 #12

If it had been a true debate, it might have made a difference. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2024 #13

They rarely do, and this one even less so. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2024 #14