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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNate Silver rocked on his spreadsheet
Last edited Wed Nov 7, 2012, 04:07 AM - Edit history (1)
He's the most accurate so far and deserves credit for keeping our hope alive.
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Nate Silver rocked on his spreadsheet (Original Post)
Ichingcarpenter
Nov 2012
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dchill
(38,484 posts)1. Indeed and indeed.
Keafirehouse88
(25 posts)2. Best believe
Nate's about to sell a lot of books.
amborin
(16,631 posts)3. Nate helped me get through this traumatic campaign
standingtall
(2,785 posts)4. He was on the money on every swing State
including Florida. Take that morning joke!
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)6. I listened to morning Joke online today
or yesterday, depending on your time frame.
And all of them just poo-pa him even Mika.
I think he will be right on the money at 303?
isn't that what he said?
standingtall
(2,785 posts)7. I think he was projecting 314 today
But if you looked at all the swing States he had Obama above a 50% chance on all of them, except North Carolina.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)10. Updated my OP with his prediction at 303
frylock
(34,825 posts)5. i talked several friends off the ledge by linking to 538
hay rick
(7,608 posts)8. Nate Silver doesn't understand the horse race.
Sad. He needs to spend less time looking at data and more time watching Wolf Blitzer.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)11. Also, he completely discounted Dan Rather's feeling.