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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: It breaks my heart as a statistical analyst to do this, but the polling. The polling done be [View all]DirkGently
(12,151 posts)16. Check out FiveThirtyEight's crash and burn:
According to our final polls-plus forecast, Hillary Clinton has a greater than 99% chance of winning the Michigan primary.
POLLSTER SAMPLE WEIGHT LEADER
CLINTON
SANDERS
MAR. 6 Mitchell Research & Communications 475 LV
0.82
Clinton +37
66%
29%
MAR. 3-6 Monmouth University 302 LV
0.66
Clinton +13
55%
42%
MAR. 2-4 YouGov 597 LV
0.50
Clinton +11
55%
44%
MAR. 1-3 Marist College 546 LV
0.50
Clinton +17
57%
40%
MAR. 4-5 American Research Group 400 LV
0.48
Clinton +24
60%
36%
FEB. 29-MAR. 1 EPIC-MRA 400 LV
0.18
Clinton +25
56%
31%
MAR. 2-3 Mitchell Research & Communications 616 LV
0.10
Clinton +18
55%
37%
FEB. 22-27 Marketing Resource Group (MRG) 218 LV
0.04
Clinton +20
56%
36%
JAN. 25-MAR. 3 Michigan State University 262 LV
0.03
Clinton +5
52%
47%
MAR. 1 Mitchell Research & Communications
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/primary-forecast/michigan-democratic/
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It breaks my heart as a statistical analyst to do this, but the polling. The polling done be [View all]
Godhumor
Mar 2016
OP
Does anyone have a list of which of the remaining states are actually closed primary states?
vdogg
Mar 2016
#4
Trying to figure out a decent likely voter screen in a "change" election is a guessing game. n/t
winter is coming
Mar 2016
#7
At the start of the primary I said the polling was heading into uncharted territory.
madfloridian
Mar 2016
#15