Do most people on this forum know more than network pundits?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Absolutely. Especially in VP picks, but probably more overall in everything else too.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Absolutely. Especially in VP picks, but probably more overall in everything else too.

     I strongly agree with this. Network pundits are over-paid losers.

[Lunar]

What are you going to say next?  That Gore and Edwards might not be frontrunners in the VP race??

[Alcon]

What are you going to say next?  That Gore and Edwards might not be frontrunners in the VP race??

But one has a movie and the other has an accent!!! elitsist

[??????????]

Alcon knows more then either us or the pundits....he's a God I think.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Fact: Anyone who honestly believes a "neighboring state advantage" exists is an idiot. Period, the end.

So almost all network pundits are idiots.

[??????????]

Fact: Anyone who honestly believes a "neighboring state advantage" exists is an idiot. Period, the end.

Agree completely. If that was the case Virginia and WVA would be battlegrounds in every election.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Some people, yes.  Most people, no.

[The Mikado]

It depends on the poster and it depends on the pundit.  With the exceptions of Alcon and Sam Spade (and certain posters on their home states), I wouldn't say that most people here are better versed in demographics and statistics than Chuck Todd.

[YRABNNRM]

I'm always curious as to how much pundits are told to say by the network and if they actually believe it. For example, making some states swing states when they obviously are not.

[Flying Dog]

Heck Yes!

[dead0man]

Some people, yes.  Most people, no.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Some people, yes.  Most people, no.

     I guess it also depends on the network. For example, someone living in a cave for the last ten years would know more than the pundits on CNN.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It depends on the poster and it depends on the pundit.  With the exceptions of Alcon and Sam Spade (and certain posters on their home states), I wouldn't say that most people here are better versed in demographics and statistics than Chuck Todd.

What about the idiots who talk about how Bayh is going to flip Ohio or Lieberman will help McCain win Connecticut?

[The Mikado]

It depends on the poster and it depends on the pundit.  With the exceptions of Alcon and Sam Spade (and certain posters on their home states), I wouldn't say that most people here are better versed in demographics and statistics than Chuck Todd.

What about the idiots who talk about how Bayh is going to flip Ohio or Lieberman will help McCain win Connecticut?

Well...do you want to try talking about the election 15 hours a week when nothing's really happening?  They're dead wrong, but I can't blame them for trying to find something to say.

[Хahar 🤔]

Hell yes, we do.

[Smid]

Depends if you mean forum members or active forum members. I assumed active forum members and answered yes.

[phk]

Absolutely. Especially in VP picks, but probably more overall in everything else too.

     I strongly agree with this. Network pundits are over-paid losers.

[Gustaf]

I say no, but only marginally. I would say that the educated, serious, non-hackish part of the forum know more and as a result the discourse on the forum is more checked and has higher quality. But once one includes all of the stupid teen hacks I'm not so sure anymore...

[Hash]

Not to show off or anything, but I know more about French politics than TV5 does.

I remember during the municipal elections when one pundit was like "the Socialist mayor is retiring... will Rennes vote socialist now?". I also remember a magazine article with some university thingee called ElectionScope, which did predictions based on "scientific" stuff. ElectionScope gave Royal 28% in the first round and 23% to Sarkozy, Le Pen at 16% and Bayrou at 15%. Hilarious. Entirely wrong order. Also, their "explanation" for possible right-wing gains in Ajaccio or Dijon in 2008 was "o Sarkozy won the city!!!11!!". Lolz.

I hope they keep "predicting", since they're hilarious at that. I guess that in 2010, they'll predict a UMP gain in Limousin and PS gain in Corse (even though the PS doesn't exist there).