Tulsi Gains Second Approved DNC Poll (2 of 4 now)

CNN released a national poll today, where Tulsi measured the needed 2%:

CNN National Poll

Today, Tulsi also scored 2% in a Nevada Gravis poll, although I do not believe Gravis is one to qualify her for the third debate.

Gravis Nevada Poll

She need 2 more qualifying polls by Aug. 28.

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posted earlier, but this seems a good spot.

For context, and for those playing at home, the DNC-approved polls have to be associated with or conducted by the following: the Associated Press, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, The Des Moines Register, Fox News, Monmouth University, NBC News, The New York Times, NPR, Quinnipiac, the University of New Hampshire, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Post and Winthrop University.

Per the DNC: "Any candidate's four qualifying polls must be conducted by different organizations, or if by the same organization, must be in different geographical areas.

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/29/727852195/democratic-presidential-field-w...

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a podcaster, Kim Iversen, said Tulsi had reached at least 2% in 23 polls, but only one was a DNC_approved poll. This now makes 2 approved polls and 24 overall 2% poll showings, to go with far more than the 130k unique donors required. Only 8 days left to make the DNC polling deadline. And how many more polls will there be? There don't seem to be many approved polls since the last debate, where Tulsi made a very strong showing.

Also Julian Castro has the same problem -- 23 polls where he has reached 2%, but still one poll short of the 4 qualifying ones needed.

Arbitrariness by the DNC, and no reason given (that I've seen) for why only certain polls are approved, others not, even by the same polling firm. Again, the skin-in-game donor count should weigh far more heavily -- people putting their good money behind a candidate seems far more of a commitment than merely anonymously answering a pollster's question.

Misc notes: good to see Harris dropping. The puzzling 3% for Beto is about 2 pct points more than his ineffective and inconsistent campaign and debate performance would merit. Also puzzling is how meek mild moderate Klobuchar is above 1%. Marianne Williamson needs to pull the plug on her disappointing campaign -- rec she do so before the Aug 28 deadline. Very unexpected comments on M4A and Afghanistan. Glad I didn't contribute more than a few pesos.

And what is CNN doing polling for non-candidate names in an already overcrowded field of officially announced pols?

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@wokkamile to the Bern in 2016, you got off cheap. Fucked over and no criticism by my erstwhile hero? This is why I vote for the Bern only in extremis--i.e., the 1,000,000 to 1 chance the DNC lets him get the nomination.

As an aside, and everybody needs to have sides (at least two), I vote Tulsi, even if only write-in.

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The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?

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@Not Henry Kissinger I would just love to play. Afterall, I am now thoroughly immersed, so to speak, in the devious art of politics, Demonratic branch.

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