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New FL poll will be announced on Lawrence at 10 (Original Post) vdogg Nov 2016 OP
Ya vadermike Nov 2016 #2
and Clickbait loser Nate Silver will downgrade this poll to Dawson Leery Nov 2016 #4
Silver doesn't adjust polls just for the hell of it. Ace Rothstein Nov 2016 #5
:-/ Adrahil Nov 2016 #6
The things he posts on his Twitter feed are obviously designed to drive traffic to his site. vdogg Nov 2016 #11
Well, OF COURSE he wants site traffic.... Adrahil Nov 2016 #13
He has the race 75-25 for Hillary, so what are you talking about? MadBadger Nov 2016 #8
71-29 obamanut2012 Nov 2016 #9
This is not a poll but real analysis of early votes scientifically MyNameIsKhan Nov 2016 #7
I am not going to even try to guess… I'll just wait and see! Farmgirl1961 Nov 2016 #10
Well Benchmark has HRC up by 3.2 /FL tonight. Soooo misterhighwasted Nov 2016 #14
Woo hoo! Eight point spread!! Glimmer of Hope Nov 2016 #15
28% early GOP voters for Hillary!!! Glimmer of Hope Nov 2016 #16
If that's accurate, Florida is blue. vdogg Nov 2016 #17
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vadermike

(1,415 posts)
2. Ya
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 09:15 PM
Nov 2016

He said in the past it was good poll for team blue which means Nate will make it go down cause that's what Nate does lol

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
4. and Clickbait loser Nate Silver will downgrade this poll to
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 09:16 PM
Nov 2016

fit the propaganda......I mean narrative that the race is 50/50.

Ace Rothstein

(3,144 posts)
5. Silver doesn't adjust polls just for the hell of it.
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 09:19 PM
Nov 2016

He has a model that he plugs all the polls into. If what comes out isn't to your liking that isn't his fault.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
6. :-/
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 09:22 PM
Nov 2016

Silver is pretty liberal really, and he doesn't toss any data. I admit his model sometimes confuses me, but I think he is an honest broker.

We must not allow ourselves to be ruled by confirmation bias.

vdogg

(1,384 posts)
11. The things he posts on his Twitter feed are obviously designed to drive traffic to his site.
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 09:42 PM
Nov 2016

At the end of the day, yes he is liberal. That said, he has a tendency to to trump up outlier polls and wacky scenarios that give liberals heart burn because he knows we'll click. He has a business to run afterall...

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
13. Well, OF COURSE he wants site traffic....
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 09:45 PM
Nov 2016

he's running a business.

But I generally think he asks the right questions. And he won't say what we want to hear, just because he wants to hear it too.

Harry Enten, also from 538, tends to be a bit more aggressive than Silver.

MyNameIsKhan

(2,205 posts)
7. This is not a poll but real analysis of early votes scientifically
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 09:23 PM
Nov 2016

Tom Bonier from Targetsmart will be there...

He is going to match early votes to actual voter rolls and tell the projections.

I would say it will +1.5 to 2...

The margin with my little analysis is coming to be between 100k and 200k votes.

Farmgirl1961

(1,493 posts)
10. I am not going to even try to guess… I'll just wait and see!
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 09:42 PM
Nov 2016

Fingers and hands and toes and legs and every body part crossed hoping that the numbers look GOOD!

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
14. Well Benchmark has HRC up by 3.2 /FL tonight. Soooo
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 09:51 PM
Nov 2016
http://benchmark.shareblue.com/florida/

The county pic at link is definately showing more blue than last week.
Good movement to Blue in FL , whether this is LD's news tonight or not.

vdogg

(1,384 posts)
17. If that's accurate, Florida is blue.
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 10:13 PM
Nov 2016

Not even light blue. I'm talking deep, luscious, azure, velvety shades of blue.

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