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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Gretchen Whitmer.

Garlin Gilchrist is way more pro transit and would be great for Michigan.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Pritzker has done a good job here for us, but I don't know if I'd want him as president. I hear good things about this Gretchen lady, even if she has an unenviable name. I'd have to do some actual research first, and I'm not doing that right now.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I don't do these polls. They are just a way to get a foot in the door to solicit donations. The majority of the time you can't even complete them without pledging to donate.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, they solicit donations. It doesn’t mean you have to donate. I do them to influence the party. Give me the policies I want, then I’ll donate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

They get their guiding information from real polls, collected by real people, over the phone or in person. There is no way they would rely on a crazy inaccurate web poll to gather any useful information. If you analyze these "polls" at all, you can easily see that they are barely disguised push-polls without any statistical value. They would be crazy to rely on them.

I DO participate when an actual pollster conducting an actual scientific poll calls me,

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Just got another one:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I understand this. But the fact that a PAC is using disinterest for Biden to solicit donations is telling. I know that it won’t affect the party decision. But it is a way display dissatisfaction for those decisions.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago
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