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[quote author=el mono link=topic=13922.msg146828#msg146828 date=1449601030]However, the people talking aren't the people with votes

A significant fraction of them actually are! Voldemort voters are media members, so when someone like Stewart Mandel (who I think does have a vote) gushes about McCaffrey, it matters.

I read that something like 10-15% of people voted before Saturday. Which is stupid and they shouldn't allow it. But we don't know what those ballots looked like, so it's hard to say how important it is. For all we know they were voting for Mayfield, Cook, and Elliot.
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My point is that the ones who are talking about who they would vote for are not the people actually voting b/c of the new restrictions put on them by the Voldemort committee.  Gushing in a vacuum is cheap talk in my opinion, and my concern is that much of the talk about McC potentially jumping into the lead is to fill column/air space and build hype for the ceremony.  Based on our other candidates on how the actual voting broke down along regional lines, put me in the pessimistic category.   

e.g., https://twitter.com/slmandel/status/674323749282312202

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[quote author=el mono link=topic=13922.msg146828#msg146828 date=1449601030]However, the people talking aren't the people with votes

A significant fraction of them actually are! Voldemort voters are media members, so when someone like Stewart Mandel (who I think does have a vote) gushes about McCaffrey, it matters.

I read that something like 10-15% of people voted before Saturday. Which is stupid and they shouldn't allow it. But we don't know what those ballots looked like, so it's hard to say how important it is. For all we know they were voting for Mayfield, Cook, and Elliot.
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My point is that the ones who are talking about who they would vote for are not the people actually voting b/c of the new restrictions put on them by the Voldemort committee.  Gushing in a vacuum is cheap talk in my opinion, and my concern is that much of the talk about McC potentially jumping into the lead is to fill column/air space and build hype for the ceremony.  Based on our other candidates on how the actual voting broke down along regional lines, put me in the pessimistic category.   

e.g., https://twitter.com/slmandel/status/674323749282312202