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2016 Postmortem

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4. I have no idea how he constructs his algorithms, and I am not commenting on them. HOWEVER:

Sat Nov 5, 2016, 04:26 PM

Nov 2016

...when his projections essentially all shift toward Trump with no data in the polls to support that shift, then I throw up my hands.

I have some very cynical explanations for this, but not now. I'm content to wait, relying more on these guys:

http://election.princeton.edu/electoral-college-map/
http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster

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About the latest angst from 538... [View all] Buzz Clik Nov 2016 OP

I respect your analysis more than I do Nate Silver's at this point. StrictlyRockers Nov 2016 #1

538 doesn't smell right. Something just doesn't add up for me too. AgadorSparticus Nov 2016 #2

maybe old Nate has his finger on the scales dogindia Nov 2016 #5

Nate is more interested these days in clicks to his site redstateblues Nov 2016 #6

ummmm... Buzz Clik Nov 2016 #8

Thank you for your work on this. I do have a question underpants Nov 2016 #7

True. I'll explain Buzz Clik Nov 2016 #9

All right just checking. 246 underpants Nov 2016 #10

I agee with you 100% -- even though I didn't do as in-depth an analysis obamanut2012 Nov 2016 #11