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padfun

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6. That's a one point lead.

Reply to progree (Original post)

Sun Sep 18, 2022, 09:04 AM

Sep 2022

The 56-44 is percentage of winning, not how many are voting for him. This is a normal percentage when a lead is one point, say 51-49.

In sports, a 56-44 percentage is almost a toss-up.

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Ughh, Barnes (D) was neck-and-neck a few days ago (U.S. Senate, WI, running against Ron Johnson) [View all] progree Sep 2022 OP

Sounds like cherrypicking after negative ad bombardment GreenWave Sep 2022 #1

I think 538 uses the same model for all the races, and it's been one of the two closest Senate races progree Sep 2022 #3

Incumbents are hard as hell to get rid of. jimfields33 Sep 2022 #5

Nope . . ... Lovie777 Sep 2022 #2

That's a huge lead. Don't get demoralized Wisconsin. VOTE! Raven123 Sep 2022 #4

That's a one point lead. padfun Sep 2022 #6

It's still neck and neck- 56/44 are the odds, not the polling average. Nt Fiendish Thingy Sep 2022 #7

I think we are naive when we believe they can't mucifer Sep 2022 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author PortTack Sep 2022 #9

Marc Pocan and Tammy Baldwin are gay, Barnes is a black Lt Gov. LakeArenal Sep 2022 #10

Thx LakeArenal.... PortTack Sep 2022 #11

Russia interfered in Feingold election. LakeArenal Sep 2022 #12

Again ...thx for the informed post about WI politics! PortTack Sep 2022 #13