{"id":11837,"date":"2016-09-07T17:48:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T00:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11837"},"modified":"2016-09-07T17:47:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T00:47:52","slug":"bad-polls-bad-faith-and-good-listener-calls-bradcast-972016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11837","title":{"rendered":"Bad Polls, Bad Faith and Good Listener Calls!: ‘BradCast’ 9\/7\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

On today’s BradCast<\/i><\/a>, I’m back after the holiday weekend, but you should tune in anyway! We’re live today from the KPFK<\/a>\/Pacifica Radio<\/a> studios in Los Angeles, as I try to catch up on stuff we missed over the long weekend, and breaking news today.<\/p>\n

Among the stories we cover on today’s program…<\/p>\n

* Tightening Presidential polls [PDF]<\/a> as pollsters change their methodology<\/a> to move from “registered” to “likely” voters, as Donald Trump has taken a lead or is tied with Hillary Clinton in a couple of national polls and gaining in some swing states. Nonetheless, Clinton maintains her lead in the Electoral College and even remains competitive in a number of “red” states where she is receiving support from some surprising corners<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* North Carolina’s vote suppressing<\/a> Republican Governor Pat McCrory believes<\/a> states<\/i> should have “voting rights”, as opposed to people\/voters.<\/p>\n

* We’re reminded today, once again, that every vote counts (or, at least, should), as Helen Purcell, the controversial<\/a> election chief in Maricopa County (Phoenix), appears to have won her Republican Primary by just over a hundred votes out of more than 300,000 cast, after trailing by just a few hundred votes following last week’s state primary in Arizona. The exact percentage flip (she was reportedly losing the day after the election 49.93% to 50.07% against her challenger Aaron Flannery, before defeating him 50.07% to 49.93% as of today, according to Purcell’s optical-scan computers reported on Purcell’s website<\/a>) reminds us once again of the need to publicly hand-count paper ballots on Election Night. Purcell, Maricopa’s Republican County Recorder since 1988, was roundly criticized for reducing polling locations from more than 200 in 2012 down to 60 during the Presidential Primary in March. Flannery, her challenger last week, has said<\/a> he cannot afford to mount a challenge to ask for a hand count, but will consider running again in 2020. If the current results hold, Purcell will face Democrat Adrian Fontes in November.<\/p>\n

* Then, Desi Doyen joins us for the latest on the growing protests and emergency legal battles by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe<\/a> in North Dakota against the desecration of sacred sites with the construction of the massive, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-approved (and EPA-opposed<\/a>) Dakota Access Pipeline and the bad faith actions of its supporters.<\/p>\n

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