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Democratic Primaries

DemocratSinceBirth

(100,194 posts) Wed Mar 11, 2020, 06:24 PM Mar 2020

It took David Wasserman nearly a day to recognize the obvious- calls Washington for Our Very Own Joe

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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It took David Wasserman nearly a day to recognize the obvious- calls Washington for Our Very Own Joe (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 OP

how can it be called at this time? no way as too many votes left to be counted beachbumbob Mar 2020 #1

You set benchmarks and make predictions based on if a candidate is or isn't meeting them. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #2

Educated guess based on where the remaining votes are from. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #3

He seems to be uncanny at Data analysis sweetloukillbot Mar 2020 #4

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)

1. how can it be called at this time? no way as too many votes left to be counted

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 06:27 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

DemocratSinceBirth

(100,194 posts)

2. You set benchmarks and make predictions based on if a candidate is or isn't meeting them.

Reply to beachbumbob (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 06:34 PM

Mar 2020

Like any method of forecasting it's not infallible but it works more often than not.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)

3. Educated guess based on where the remaining votes are from.

Reply to beachbumbob (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 06:35 PM

Mar 2020

If the remaining voters are from Biden-favorable areas, it's not much of a stretch. There's also a lot of data behind the scenes to recognize trends, etc.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

sweetloukillbot

(12,584 posts)

4. He seems to be uncanny at Data analysis

Reply to beachbumbob (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 06:37 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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