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2016 Postmortem

angrychair

(12,501 posts) Mon Feb 1, 2016, 11:52 PM Feb 2016

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Nate Silver?

Wrong.
Salzer?
Wrong.
RCP avg?
Wrong.
Huff post avg?
Wrong.

They were all wrong.

Just saying.

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Nate Silver? (Original Post) angrychair Feb 2016 OP

Lol, yup kicked and Recced eom Arazi Feb 2016 #1

EVERYONE IS WRONG! BWAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAA! THE DUMB ASSES!!!!! roguevalley Feb 2016 #2

At the current pace, don't forget... Matt_in_STL Feb 2016 #3

Nate is still trying to save face on twitter. Joe the Revelator Feb 2016 #4

It's not Nates fault Renew Deal Feb 2016 #5

He adds a lot of his own stuff, though. And if that stuff doesn't give us anything better than RCP Chathamization Feb 2016 #13

That's a good point Renew Deal Feb 2016 #14

His 15 minutes of fame are over. jillan Feb 2016 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Feb 2016 #7

First time I have seen Democracy in action, like this. Baitball Blogger Feb 2016 #8

polling as it used to done is over.Has been since the landline became passe. eom rosesaylavee Feb 2016 #9

They got Berned! PowerToThePeople Feb 2016 #10

In a change election, all bets are off. n/t winter is coming Feb 2016 #11

How was Silver wrong? brooklynite Feb 2016 #12

Hillary won Iowa uponit7771 Feb 2016 #15

full on Iggy Knorr Feb 2016 #16

Arazi

(8,887 posts)

1. Lol, yup kicked and Recced eom

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Mon Feb 1, 2016, 11:53 PM

Feb 2016

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)

2. EVERYONE IS WRONG! BWAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAA! THE DUMB ASSES!!!!!

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Mon Feb 1, 2016, 11:54 PM

Feb 2016

Matt_in_STL

(1,446 posts)

3. At the current pace, don't forget...

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Mon Feb 1, 2016, 11:54 PM

Feb 2016

Hillary?
Wrong.

Joe the Revelator

(14,915 posts)

4. Nate is still trying to save face on twitter.

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Mon Feb 1, 2016, 11:55 PM

Feb 2016

Renew Deal

(85,349 posts)

5. It's not Nates fault

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Mon Feb 1, 2016, 11:57 PM

Feb 2016

He does what he does based on the polls. If the polls are off, he doesn't have a chance.

Chathamization

(1,638 posts)

13. He adds a lot of his own stuff, though. And if that stuff doesn't give us anything better than RCP

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 11:30 PM

Feb 2016

or HuffPost Pollster, it probably shouldn't be there.

Renew Deal

(85,349 posts)

14. That's a good point

Reply to Chathamization (Reply #13)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 11:32 PM

Feb 2016

jillan

(39,451 posts)

6. His 15 minutes of fame are over.

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Mon Feb 1, 2016, 11:57 PM

Feb 2016

Response to angrychair (Original post)

1000words This message was self-deleted by its author.

Baitball Blogger

(52,714 posts)

8. First time I have seen Democracy in action, like this.

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 12:00 AM

Feb 2016

rosesaylavee

(12,126 posts)

9. polling as it used to done is over.Has been since the landline became passe. eom

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 11:18 PM

Feb 2016

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)

10. They got Berned!

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 11:19 PM

Feb 2016

eom

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)

11. In a change election, all bets are off. n/t

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 11:21 PM

Feb 2016

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)

12. How was Silver wrong?

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 11:29 PM

Feb 2016

He didn't predict a winner; he developed a probability model.

uponit7771

(93,532 posts)

15. Hillary won Iowa

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 11:33 PM

Feb 2016

Iggy Knorr

(247 posts)

16. full on

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 11:43 PM

Feb 2016

pragmatic authoritarian butt-hurt mode

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