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2016 Postmortem

Dem2

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46. Useless polls in Utah and Texas

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Thu Nov 3, 2016, 02:49 PM

Nov 2016

You guessed it - dropped her average by a whopping 1.1%!

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Why do you go to 538? [View all] LAS14 Nov 2016 OP

I'd recommend staying away completely. Joe941 Nov 2016 #1

That's what trumpsters and other hard-cores on the right do-- Hortensis Nov 2016 #14

Thank You! Red State Prisoner Nov 2016 #22

Yes. Our nation needs us to be better and smarter. Hortensis Nov 2016 #27

Yes. old guy Nov 2016 #15

Look at early votes. That's where the election is won and lost nt geek tragedy Nov 2016 #2

You seemed to be fairly plugged into the early polling data. Ace Rothstein Nov 2016 #16

it's hard to say because laws change cycle to cycle, but in general: geek tragedy Nov 2016 #43

I go for the recipes and healthy living articles. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2016 #3

LOL! LAS14 Nov 2016 #6

Well originally i was gonna type "for the porn" but didn't wanna piss Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2016 #23

I go for the letters to the editor BlueCollar Nov 2016 #18

Information. nt NCTraveler Nov 2016 #4

Nate always hedges his bets. The last paragraph in his column is always redstateblues Nov 2016 #5

"Updates" Dem2 Nov 2016 #7

Use Sam Wang. The PEC is never wrong and his aaaaaa5a Nov 2016 #8

The reason I go to the Upshot is that it compares all aggregators at state level. LAS14 Nov 2016 #9

+1 Good advice. NT aaaaaa5a Nov 2016 #10

A link is good! OhZone Nov 2016 #30

As one of several valuable sources of polling analysis. Yonnie3 Nov 2016 #11

There is nothing wrong with the 538 site, and it is no mystery what nate silver does still_one Nov 2016 #37

It appears we agree. nt Yonnie3 Nov 2016 #39

we do still_one Nov 2016 #41

Just now a poll was posted showing Hillary +1 in AZ. This LOWERED her odds Dem2 Nov 2016 #12

It was actually a mixed bag. Ace Rothstein Nov 2016 #17

Thanks Dem2 Nov 2016 #29

It's a worst case scenario Kber Nov 2016 #13

This is one of those times I just shake my head. Coventina Nov 2016 #19

538 is as good of a place for analytical information as you will find...NEVER ignore information beachbum bob Nov 2016 #20

I didn't mean to imply that I have a negative opinion... LAS14 Nov 2016 #21

This guy is better nini Nov 2016 #24

Typo? "has" instead of "hasn't"? LAS14 Nov 2016 #25

thanks nini Nov 2016 #31

Well even today 538 is at 68% jzodda Nov 2016 #26

I'm a junkie.... getagrip_already Nov 2016 #28

How do you get to the dark web? And... LAS14 Nov 2016 #34

brietbart.com, drudgereport.com, littlegreenfootbals, infowars, redstate...... getagrip_already Nov 2016 #36

Oh. I thought it was something you couldn't find via your browser... LAS14 Nov 2016 #38

yeah... getagrip_already Nov 2016 #40

Here is a whole article on it: CajunBlazer Nov 2016 #32

Thanks! Super useful. LAS14 Nov 2016 #35

Responding to your edit. Yonnie3 Nov 2016 #33

Track record. n/t musicblind Nov 2016 #42

Useless polls in Utah and Texas Dem2 Nov 2016 #46