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kpete

(71,986 posts)
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 08:59 PM Oct 2016

Nate Silver: "The Bottom could drop out-Making States As Exotic As TX & Alaska competitive"

Nate Silver: “If Trump gets stuck at 40 percent of the vote, you could wind up with an outcome like Clinton 51 percent, Trump 40 percent, Gary Johnson 7 percent, Jill Stein and others 2 percent, or something of that nature. That is, a double-digit win for Clinton, which could potentially yield somewhere around 400 votes for her in the Electoral College, and make states as exotic as Texas and Alaska competitive.”

“That outcome might seem far-fetched. But in an election with high uncertainty, it shouldn’t be. Even before the “hot mic” tape, our model gave Clinton a 5 to 6 percentage point lead, and the error in the forecast is roughly symmetric. The polls could move by 5 or 6 points toward Trump, giving him a narrow win, or — equally likely, per our model — they could move by 5 or 6 points toward Clinton, giving her a double-digit margin. To put it another way, a Clinton landslide is no more far-fetched than a Trump victory — and given the events of the past 24 hours, probably less so.”


http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-bottom-could-fall-out-for-trump/

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Nate Silver: "The Bottom could drop out-Making States As Exotic As TX & Alaska competitive" (Original Post) kpete Oct 2016 OP
It must be horrible for Trump's Chumps Warpy Oct 2016 #1
I've been waiting until election night to post this on Facebook underpants Oct 2016 #2
'Exotic'? TX is solidly purple. *sigh* n/t X_Digger Oct 2016 #3
That's what I'm talking about! Qutzupalotl Oct 2016 #4
Nate is trying to.have it both ways bigdarryl Oct 2016 #5
Mandate, baby. Womandate? Rose Siding Oct 2016 #6

Warpy

(111,255 posts)
1. It must be horrible for Trump's Chumps
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 09:03 PM
Oct 2016

to realize we were right about him all along.

Oh, I'm keeping my mouth shut around them. Rubbing it in is always counter productive.

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