2016 Postmortem

WillyBrandt

(3,892 posts) Sun Nov 6, 2016, 01:22 PM Nov 2016

Sam Wang Video -- Short and Good (Updated / 2nd Video)

This is a pretty smart dude - highly recommended:

And here's another with Lawrence O'Donnell (and, somehow, Queen Bey on the split screen) - h/t to BumRushDaShow

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/scientist-predicts-99-chance-of-clinton-win-801634371744

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Sam Wang Video -- Short and Good (Updated / 2nd Video) (Original Post) WillyBrandt Nov 2016 OP

Sanity! This is why I follow Sam everywhere like a devoted puppy! JHan Nov 2016 #1

He was on Lawrence O'Donnell's show Friday night BumRushDaShow Nov 2016 #2

Sam Wang makes a helluva lot of sense to me.... AgadorSparticus Nov 2016 #4

Yes, he has ever since I first heard him. elleng Nov 2016 #6

'There's drama and there's data.' elleng Nov 2016 #5

Wang's an "outlier"…? regnaD kciN Nov 2016 #7

JHan

(10,173 posts)

1. Sanity! This is why I follow Sam everywhere like a devoted puppy!

Reply to WillyBrandt (Original post)

Sun Nov 6, 2016, 01:24 PM

Nov 2016

BumRushDaShow

(128,897 posts)

2. He was on Lawrence O'Donnell's show Friday night

Reply to WillyBrandt (Original post)

Sun Nov 6, 2016, 01:28 PM

Nov 2016

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/scientist-predicts-99-chance-of-clinton-win-801634371744

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)

4. Sam Wang makes a helluva lot of sense to me....

Reply to WillyBrandt (Original post)

Sun Nov 6, 2016, 01:40 PM

Nov 2016

elleng

(130,872 posts)

6. Yes, he has ever since I first heard him.

Reply to AgadorSparticus (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 6, 2016, 01:48 PM

Nov 2016

As good as 538 USED to be, before popularity/sports/etc took over.

elleng

(130,872 posts)

5. 'There's drama and there's data.'

Reply to WillyBrandt (Original post)

Sun Nov 6, 2016, 01:45 PM

Nov 2016

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)

7. Wang's an "outlier"…?

Reply to WillyBrandt (Original post)

Sun Nov 6, 2016, 01:51 PM

Nov 2016

His prediction of a Clinton win is echoed by Nate Cohn (Upshot), Drew Linzer (dKos), and the analysts at HuffPost. Even Nate Silver makes HRC the favorite. Does "outlier" just mean "someone who contradicts CNN's 'horse race' narrative?"

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