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Question: What's the biggest fallacy on this forum?
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Trend line
 
#2
Neighboring state advantage
 
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Overestimating the effect of the VP (at least in delivering specific states)
 
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Worshipping the Bradley Effect
 
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Other
 
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« on: October 20, 2008, 12:19:13 PM »

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« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2008, 12:20:24 PM »

Option 3.
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« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2008, 12:43:24 PM »

Hard choice between 2 & 3. But since the liebrals around here are pushing 2 around here more lately, then 2.
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« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2008, 12:50:22 PM »

I just assumed it was a lack of overall objectivity.
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« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2008, 01:19:56 PM »

1 is the worst of the four.
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« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2008, 01:27:07 PM »

Trend line

I want to go through and replace every instance of "is trending" with "has trended," and "is tightening" with "has tightened."  oy.
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« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2008, 05:27:36 PM »

I said trend line.
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« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2008, 07:01:31 PM »


I'm shocked you didn't say Bradley Effect, since that's basically the only one you haven't committed.

(Little constine's new name is also amusing, since it shows he's probably given up on becoming an "Atlasian Moderate Hero" as Tweed put it and now thinks he can reinvent himself again as a Dem Hack loved by all the red avatars.)
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« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2008, 08:00:21 PM »

option 3 obviously: the others at least plausibly exist in some cases.
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« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2008, 09:00:14 PM »

Thinking that primary results imply something about the general.
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« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2008, 12:25:43 AM »

(Little constine's new name is also amusing, since it shows he's probably given up on becoming an "Atlasian Moderate Hero" as Tweed put it and now thinks he can reinvent himself again as a Dem Hack loved by all the red avatars.)

BRTD, where exactly are Tweed's comments regarding Mr. Constine? As I seem to be out of the loop Sad
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« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2008, 12:26:57 AM »

#4 is the most annoying
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« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2008, 12:27:37 AM »

(Little constine's new name is also amusing, since it shows he's probably given up on becoming an "Atlasian Moderate Hero" as Tweed put it and now thinks he can reinvent himself again as a Dem Hack loved by all the red avatars.)

BRTD, where exactly are Tweed's comments regarding Mr. Constine? As I seem to be out of the loop Sad


yeah, that is pretty gross.  thankfully Ben doesn't actually believe it and instead is just trying to appear "moderate" and "pragmatic."  there was a time when I wasn't much different.  maybe in a few years he'll evolve into a cynical nihilist.

I don't believe Gore lost the election?  In a democracy, sometimes you lose a close race; you don't then spend the next 8 years whining about how the election was stolen; you try and win the next time.

And I'm already fairly cynical.

lol, not convincing me

Why do you believe I'm altering my opinions to fit an image over the internet?

I don't really want to psychoanalyze you, as appealing at that sounds.  but you just show far too many of the signs.  you want to be respected.  you want to be a USElectionAtlas Moderate Hero just like Gabu, Joe Republic, and some other blowhards.  
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« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2008, 10:44:56 AM »

Write-in: Generic BRTD poll.
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