Aren't the libbies constitutionally required to disdain funding from the
government?  Seems like they should disdain elections, too, hold out for
victory by acclamation?

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On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 2:28 PM, ┣glen┫ <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 11/04/2016 09:53 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> > http://www.slate.com/features/pkremp_forecast/report.html
>
> Very nice presentation.  Thanks, Marcus!
>
> On 11/04/2016 10:46 AM, Steven A Smith wrote:
> > I was going to "scoff" at this number and analysis until I checked MY
> favorite source and saw what people who were putting their money where
> their mouths are were saying:
> >
> > https://tippie.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/
>
> That's only 1 market.  Predictwise (which I may have heard about on this
> list?) aggregates some markets:
> http://predictwise.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/PredictWise_November4_
> ChartPres.png
>
> But, were I to play the market(s), I'd bet on both Clinton and Trump, of
> course, in various amounts.  So, it's not clear whether these markets are
> predictive of the winner so much as they're predictive of strategies for
> benefiting from the winner, who[m]ever it may be.
>
> > Is that chasm recently formed, the FBI's "October Surprise"?   There
> sure is a lot of volatility!
>
> My hypothesis is that Clinton's drop in the polls is a result of the
> late-comers digging into the subject.  Anyone who has been paying attention
> to Trump and Clinton for more than a month or two, will have already formed
> their opinion.  More emails (or more sex harassment allegations) won't
> affect that.  But those who only started really paying attention last month
> may just now be starting to dig in and think about the extent of Clinton's
> and Trump's foibles and qualities.  The falsifying question would be: What
> % of pollees answered prematurely back before October? ... didn't answer
> "undecided", but were likely to change their minds once they started
> digging?
>
> I'm also fond of PollyVote: https://pollyvote.com/en/ ... though I also
> forget where I learned about that one. [sigh]
>
> > Gary and Jill only need 5% of the vote to get their party's funding and
> automatic ballot inclusion next round.
>
> It would be great to see the Green party get the funding.  I wouldn't
> celebrate the Libertarians getting it, though.
>
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> ␦glen?
>
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