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getagrip_already

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11. Peter thiels bank account....

Reply to Peacetrain (Reply #8)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:12 PM

Sep 2024

Nate is an analyst for hire. He lost his job at 538 and needs to make a living.

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Is Nate Silver a pollster one can trust?.. or has he jumped the shark [View all] Peacetrain Sep 2024 OP

He works for Peter Thiel Johnny2X2X Sep 2024 #1

Ohhh... I was wondering Peacetrain Sep 2024 #4

And he's not a pollster. He's a poll aggregator. Shit polls equal shit aggregates. bullimiami Sep 2024 #6

And Thiel is a straight up Nazi. Yavin4 Sep 2024 #9

He is not a pollster, he is a data wonk ColinC Sep 2024 #2

58.2 prediction that Trump will win seems to me Peacetrain Sep 2024 #7

It's just a hobby that made him popular. None of it really means anything outside of entertainment ColinC Sep 2024 #13

Where are you seeing 58.2? It's Harris: 48.9% Trump:45.5% kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2024 #16

Oh I see where he said that. Currently the momentum is moving in Trumps direction kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2024 #17

"Currently the momentum is moving in Trumps direction" obamanut2012 Sep 2024 #18

Have you been looking at the polls? I look at all of them every day. kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2024 #38

Please keep in mind that the "chances of winning" stat is bullshit Bucky Sep 2024 #22

use to be respected Matthew28 Sep 2024 #3

Nate isnt, and never was, a pollster getagrip_already Sep 2024 #5

That is basically where I am at most of the times when it comes to polls..coin toss Peacetrain Sep 2024 #8

Peter thiels bank account.... getagrip_already Sep 2024 #11

No, nope, noppity-NOPE Fiendish Thingy Sep 2024 #10

Wow.. did not know that.. wow Peacetrain Sep 2024 #12

Yup, and when confronted after the midterms about the manipulation, Fiendish Thingy Sep 2024 #14

Wow. Did not know this either. Talk about a way to ruin one's livelihood when one was on top of SWBTATTReg Sep 2024 #27

Silver has a book out House of Roberts Sep 2024 #15

Thanks for launching a good thread. nt LAS14 Sep 2024 #19

Her momentum has stopped going up and is going down. kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2024 #20

Republicans have been hitting back. Bucky Sep 2024 #24

Trump is betting all money on GA and PA kansasobama Sep 2024 #34

Pennsylvania is concerning. She may have to rely on Georgia. kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2024 #21

Trump is not winning PA crimycarny Sep 2024 #30

Yes PA is concerning kansasobama Sep 2024 #31

In Michigan the momentum is also going down kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2024 #23

Thank you for these updates Bucky Sep 2024 #25

Kerry-Is-My-Prez is a truth teller kansasobama Sep 2024 #32

Lol kk obamanut2012 Sep 2024 #36

he interprets statistics... samnsara Sep 2024 #26

Nate Silver is NOT a Pollster Indykatie Sep 2024 #28

It is rumoured that he has a gambling problem, he alluded to it in his book Bev54 Sep 2024 #29

Nate Silver should join Mark Halperin kansasobama Sep 2024 #33

Right wing pollsters are part of the reeling in Jarqui Sep 2024 #35

He's jumped the shark so hard he made the Fonz look cool. notroot Sep 2024 #37

+1, "more than their own MOE.", ... and their MOEs have been horribly high uponit7771 Sep 2024 #39

On the positive side, Georgia is doing well, we may not need PA kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2024 #40