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> An opinion of the masses willing to vote is not necessarily an opinion of the masses.

So you're setting up an unfalsifiable claim, unless you have a way to gather the opinions of literally every single person that's guaranteed to yield accurate representations of their opinions.



Nah, it's really not. Check out RV/LV polling numbers from 2008. I'm sure they showed a difference.


I doubt they polled everyone. And I doubt that anyone can prove that there wasn't some sort of bias in the poll.




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