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13. yah, all the closet repubs.......

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 01:41 PM

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Don't sell Nate Silver short! [View all] Towlie Nov 2020 OP

He can only work with the data and information he's given. BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #1

I think people saw the 89 and thought it was in the bag. BannonsLiver Nov 2020 #2

Polls said Biden was 10% ahead Drahthaardogs Nov 2020 #6

Biden still might end up +6 nationally when all is said and done BannonsLiver Nov 2020 #12

yah, all the closet repubs....... a kennedy Nov 2020 #13

Nate Silver isn't a pollster. He analyses polls. yardwork Nov 2020 #14

He's a wannabe statistician. Mosby Nov 2020 #23

yah, all the closet repubs....... a kennedy Nov 2020 #16

I Think 538.com ended up Biden +8.4 Stallion Nov 2020 #19

Ross Feingold in 2016. I'll never believe it. yardwork Nov 2020 #31

People are confusing certainty with speed. PubliusEnigma Nov 2020 #8

+1 Mike 03 Nov 2020 #17

And that 89 includes scenarios like the one playing out Amishman Nov 2020 #9

I think it was mostly OhZone Nov 2020 #4

He is not a pollster edhopper Nov 2020 #5

Or the suppression was terribly effective. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #10

Even larger this time Amishman Nov 2020 #11

I don't blame him at all. clutterbox1830 Nov 2020 #15

If we are talking about Nate specifically then fine. Imperialism Inc. Nov 2020 #18

He's not betting; he's reporting probabilities Bonn1997 Nov 2020 #26

I appreciate that, meadowlander Nov 2020 #28

Fair enough :-) Bonn1997 Nov 2020 #30

Could be that polling was off because the turnout was badly underestimated standingtall Nov 2020 #25

We should THANK pollsters when polls are off Bonn1997 Nov 2020 #27