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LAS14

(13,783 posts)
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 11:51 AM Nov 2016

Remember when we despaired because Clinton dropped...

... 3% in 3 days? Well, she's up by 3 points since 11:30 last night at 538. And that's without the PPP polls that someone posted about.

I've figured out that I have another reason to watch 538. It has bigger changes faster. More pellets every time I push the lever.

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Remember when we despaired because Clinton dropped... (Original Post) LAS14 Nov 2016 OP
LOL at the Pavlovian response.... Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #1
Silver has a program that spits out numbers Johnny2X2X Nov 2016 #2
Nom! Pellets! Kber Nov 2016 #3
I use it to find state polls ...his model is faulty...not useful for anything else. Demsrule86 Nov 2016 #4

Johnny2X2X

(19,038 posts)
2. Silver has a program that spits out numbers
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 12:14 PM
Nov 2016

He inputs polls, and it outputs a %. Nate is a slave to his model and he's not going to change it one bit. His model trended down for Hillary for a week and now it's reversed itself. Has zero to do with Nate's opinion and I think he shouldn't be defending it at all because he seems to be emotionally attached to it now.

It's a model, none are perfect, but you can't just change them mid election season or people will accuse you of bias.

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