While election almost certain to be decided by swing states, pollsters explain why growth in national polls is meaningful
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While election almost certain to be decided by swing states, pollsters explain why growth in national polls is meaningful
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Is that like rubber bands, it’s the same amount only stretched? Like we changed the scales on the graph to make it look bigger.
Is it really normal to write like that headline in English? Because to me it sounds stupid.
Seems increases would be the “normal” word to use.
Stretching a lead is a sports term. Most commonly in racing. Sports metaphors are common in politics.
I never heard it, and it still sounds stupid IMO.
Semantics but I mean it does actually indicate more people polling for her instead of Turnip so it’s not stretching in that sense.
I think they use that word because in American politics things are so polarized that it really feels like any gain really does seem like stretching the tiny group of people that can be won over like a rubber band.
i agree but the title would become :
“Harris
stretchesincreases lead over Trump in what could be significant increase”… so then you have twice this same word in the title, which doesn’t sound so good.
Yes I see, I still find it weird to call it “stretches”.
The synonyms “Ben Hur Horse Race” mention would of course be better.
builds amasses grows
Yes, any of those 3 synonyms would fit.