"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Yes, of course. And those polls accurately reflected voter preferences
at
the time. Polls don't purport to show what the preferences will
necessarily
be in the future. Everyone understands that distinction, don't they?

You truly believe that those polls were accurate? You've got more faith
in
pollsters than I do.

Or, I suppose, one could conclude that the polls WERE accurate, and that
those Democrats who supported Dean so strongly simply showed the loyalty
of
a bunch of alley cats?

Huh? How do you infer the strength of any individual's support from the
poll results? A bunch of people are asked to express whatever (perhaps very
small) preference they may have at the moment, well before the actual vote.
Is there some reason that such a preference should establish a debt of
"loyalty" that overrides future deliberations or developments?

--Gary

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