State of the Race: 77 Days Left
77 Day poll
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1. See the Data in the First Post: Who do you think wins if the election were today?
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Trump
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Biden
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2. The Cook Political Report is now forecasting Democrat Jaimie Harrison (African-American chair of the DNC in South Carolina) as beating incumbent Sen. Lindsay Graham. Do you think this will hold?
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Yes
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No
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3. If you could time-travel to any Democratic National Convention in the last 100 years, which would you like to observe?
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2020 - Biden/Harris because there's no time like the present.
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2016 - Clinton/Kaine because I want to see the first woman nominee and observe the shenanigans between the establishment and Sanders delegates.
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2012 - Obama/Biden because it was a relatively harmonious convention0
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2008 - Obama/Biden because of the optimism of the Hope and Change of an Obama presidency.
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2004 - Kerry/Edwards ... I honestly can't think of a reason to want to go to this convention, but maybe you do.0
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2000 - Gore/Lieberman because of the first Jewish VP nominee
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1996 - Clinton/Gore because of the optimism of an inevitable victory
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1992 - Clinton/Gore because of the energy and hope of a first Democratic president in 12 years.0
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1988 - Dukakis/Bentsen because I want to see Bill Clinton flub a keynote address0
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1984 - Mondale/Ferraro because I want to see the first woman VP nominee of a major party.0
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1980 - Carter/Mondale because I want to see Ted Kennedy's famous speech.
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1976 - Carter/Mondale because I want to see the optimsm of a potential Carter presidency.0
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1972 - McGovern/Eagleton (later changed to Shriver) because I want to see the first Convention operate with a 50 state primary.0
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1968 - Humphrey/Muskie because I want to see the final Convention operating under the old nominating process and the riots at the Conventions. Last chaotic Dem convention.0
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1964 - LBJ/Humphrey because I want to see RFK's speech and the optimism of an inevitable victory.
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1960 - JFK/LBJ -- I mean, it's JFK!
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1956 - Stevenson/Kefauver because I want to see JFK almost get named VP nominee.0
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1952 - Stevenson/Sparkman because I want to see a contested convention between the establishment and populist progressives (Estes Kefauver)0
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1948 - Truman/Barkley because I want to see Truman and the convention somehow pull together their conservative and progressive wings around the establishment as Truman appears to face a landslide defeat.
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1944 - FDR/Truman because I want to see FDR near death and see the progressive Wallace get replaced by Truman0
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1940 - FDR/Wallace because I want to see FDR get nominated for a 3rd term and Wallace get named as VP
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1936 - FDR/Garner -- can't see any real preference for this one, but maybe you do.0
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1932 - FDR/Garner - for FDR's famous speech
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1928 - Al Smith/Robinson - for the first Catholic nominee of a major party and for FDR's notable nomination speech.0
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1924 - John W Davis/Bryan -- To see a 103 ballot-contested convention and to see the last convention in which a conservative Democrat was the nominee of the party and the KKK was at the height of their political influence.
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1920 - James Cox/FDR - To see FDR pre-polio and to hear what people sounded like 100 years ago.
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4. Which of the following have you collected at some point in your life? **Only include collections that you had that you would deem as being significant--whatever that means to you**
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Coins/Paper Money
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Stamps
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Sports cards
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Comic books
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Figurines
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First edition books0
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Autographs
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Buttons
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Sneakers/tennis shoes0
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Film posters
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Political/Military/History Memorabilia
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Vintage musical instruments or records
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Vintage or historical clothing0
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Objects of natural history (birds eggs, butterflies, snail shells, minerals, rocks, etc.)
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Vintage/classic cars
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Pez dispensers
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Serial Killer/Murder/Sherlock Holmes collectible things0
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Antiques
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Playing card decks
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Vintage/historical books
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Vintage/historical newspapers
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Other significant collection (mention below)
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