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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:18 AM Nov 2012

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Nate Silver was not the most accurate Pundit

Josh Putnan was..... Slate has a bullseye graph on how the pundits scored... Nate came in 2nd.

Its an active graph so I can't post it.

Unskewed polls is on it too.

go to link.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/11/pundit_scorecard_checking_pundits_predictions_against_the_actual_results.html

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Nate Silver was not the most accurate Pundit (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Nov 2012 OP

Weee Coulter predicted beter than Rove! Egnever Nov 2012 #1

ROTFLMBAO!! ConnorMarc Nov 2012 #4

Nate Silver made the last two weeks bearable for me. eyewall Nov 2012 #2

I'm so glad the NYTs hired him so he got Ichingcarpenter Nov 2012 #5

Nate Silver's blue/red map on the right side of his page - he got all the states the correct colors Tx4obama Nov 2012 #3

I Agree Egnever Nov 2012 #6

Does this include Florida? hlthe2b Nov 2012 #7

He's not a pundit. He's a statistician. Big difference. He doesn't opine. He does numbers & lets Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #8

Exactly BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #9

Yeah, just because we're feeling good this morning... William Seger Nov 2012 #10

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

1. Weee Coulter predicted beter than Rove!

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:25 AM

Nov 2012

How embarrassing is that?

Also George will and Dick Moris were beaten by unskewed polls LOL

Just to much to laugh at there.

ConnorMarc

(653 posts)

4. ROTFLMBAO!!

Reply to Egnever (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:36 AM

Nov 2012

Too funny.

eyewall

(674 posts)

2. Nate Silver made the last two weeks bearable for me.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:29 AM

Nov 2012

I'm extremely grateful...

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)

5. I'm so glad the NYTs hired him so he got

Reply to eyewall (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:37 AM

Nov 2012

out on the airwaves and net.

I didn't follow Putnan at all.

Anyway its an interesting graph.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)

3. Nate Silver's blue/red map on the right side of his page - he got all the states the correct colors

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:34 AM

Nov 2012

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/

In my opinion Nate got it 100% right

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

6. I Agree

Reply to Tx4obama (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:39 AM

Nov 2012

He was perfect.

hlthe2b

(102,413 posts)

7. Does this include Florida?

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 08:22 AM

Nov 2012

Regardless, how do Nate Silver's detractors think they appear by trying so desperately to disparage him for being #2 rather than 100% perfect? He was accurate as hell, even if not perfect.

Really? How?

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

8. He's not a pundit. He's a statistician. Big difference. He doesn't opine. He does numbers & lets

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 08:29 AM

Nov 2012

the numbers speak for themselves.

BumRushDaShow

(129,645 posts)

9. Exactly

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 08:34 AM

Nov 2012

Lumping he and Sam Wang in the same category as Dick Morris or Karl Rove is just idiotic.

William Seger

(10,779 posts)

10. Yeah, just because we're feeling good this morning...

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 09:08 AM

Nov 2012

... doesn't mean we can't find some Cheerios to piss in.

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