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waving flagPublished on October 26, 2016

URL of the original posting site: http://clashdaily.com/2016/10/dear-cnn-day-1980-polls-said-carter-reagan/

If you believe the Polls, the Election is over, and we need to get ready for another President Clinton. What does History tell us? Could there be a ‘November Surprise’? Two weeks to go before Election Day, and Polls are saying that Hillary will win the Presidency.

Back in 1980, on October 26, the Polls said that Carter would defeat Reagan.

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Polls can be skewed by selecting an unreasonable sample size, by asking lead up questions or by selecting more of a sample population on one side of an issue to achieve a desired result

A good example of the media trying to shape a vote occurred 36 years ago today.

In a Gallup poll released on October 26th in 1980, two weeks before the election, Jimmy Carter was leading Ronald Reagan 47 – 39.
Read more: Gateway Pundit

Just look at the 1980 Electoral Map:

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Could they be picking and choosing to reflect their own bias?

Nah, that never happens.

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