poll released 36 years ago today had reagan down by 8<u+2026> he won in a landslide 




in an appearance on west virginia<u+2019>s <u+201c>the tom roten morning show<u+201d> (via townhall ), the former presidential candidate said that he<u+2019>s known that the polls are rigged for years. 




<u+201c>you know, i think sometimes polling is done to dampen election turnout so when trump says the thing<u+2019>s rigged, i<u+2019>m not sure exactly what he means and i<u+2019>m not sure i always agree with him, but i do think that when we say over and over someone can<u+2019>t win that is a form of rigging in the sense that it is designed to suppress turnout,<u+201d> paul said during the wednesday appearance. 




<u+201c>in kentucky, in our governor<u+2019>s race in 2015, the media said over and over and over again the democrats were up 8 points,<u+201d> paul said. advertisement - story continues below 




<u+201c>the hope i think was to depress republican turnout and these were coming from liberal newspapers in our state. and turns out the republicans won by 8. they were off like by 16 <u+2014> 14, 16 points. and, but, i think some of that is intentional. the polls are put out, you know to make it either look closer than it is or to make it look like democrats have a better chance. 




<u+201c>and i think it<u+2019>s done by design to try to dampen turnout,<u+201d> he added. 




all of this is a reminder <u+2014> don<u+2019>t pay too much attention to the polls. it isn<u+2019>t hopeless and it<u+2019>s not over. 




especially given the wikileaks revelations about poll rigging, it<u+2019>s about time that conservatives stopped despairing and started demanding that the liberal media change. advertisement - story continues below
rand paul warns poll manipulation will suppress voter turnout
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