# He didn't change his mind on the mandate

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**Created:** [October 8, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-didnt-change-his-mind-on-the-mandate/670666 "2013-10-08T08:17:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-didnt-change-his-mind-on-the-mandate/670666/95 "2013-10-11T05:37:20Z")

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> [@adaher](#):
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> you think that’s unfair? You argued pretty vociferously that it wasn’t the Democrats’ fault. And I charitably ignored your own misuse of my statement that Romney was ahead in the national vote. So be nice, and avoid being the pot that calls the kettle black.

But you didn’t even get it right in your post that **Marley** quoted, you ignoramus. You said:

> [@Is it too early to say Romney has lost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1097):
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> [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general\_election\_romney\_vs\_obama-1171.html](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html)
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> Romney leads in six national polls, Obama leads in 3, and one is tied. I think it’s pretty safe to say that Romney leads nationally.
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> When you take into account the fact that all three polls where Obama leads have small sample sizes(under 1000), it becomes even more clear that Romney is winning the popular vote at this time.
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> Silver’s model is dependent on the swing state polls being more accurate or at least as accurate. If that proves to be wrong, then Silver’s model is going to need a bit of retooling for 2016.

A quick look at the polls in your link show that Romney was only ahead in 2 of them, not six. And Obama was ahead in 4 of the 9 polls listed.

You can’t count, you can’t read polls correctly, you make statements that have no basis in fact… you’re a complete and utter nincompoop.

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