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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNate Silver?
Wrong.
Salzer?
Wrong.
RCP avg?
Wrong.
Huff post avg?
Wrong.
They were all wrong.
Just saying.
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Nate Silver? (Original Post)
angrychair
Feb 2016
OP
He adds a lot of his own stuff, though. And if that stuff doesn't give us anything better than RCP
Chathamization
Feb 2016
#13
polling as it used to done is over.Has been since the landline became passe. eom
rosesaylavee
Feb 2016
#9
Arazi
(6,829 posts)1. Lol, yup kicked and Recced eom
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)2. EVERYONE IS WRONG! BWAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAA! THE DUMB ASSES!!!!!
Matt_in_STL
(1,446 posts)3. At the current pace, don't forget...
Hillary?
Wrong.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)4. Nate is still trying to save face on twitter.
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)5. It's not Nates fault
He does what he does based on the polls. If the polls are off, he doesn't have a chance.
Chathamization
(1,638 posts)13. He adds a lot of his own stuff, though. And if that stuff doesn't give us anything better than RCP
or HuffPost Pollster, it probably shouldn't be there.
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)14. That's a good point
jillan
(39,451 posts)6. His 15 minutes of fame are over.
Response to angrychair (Original post)
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Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)8. First time I have seen Democracy in action, like this.
rosesaylavee
(12,126 posts)9. polling as it used to done is over.Has been since the landline became passe. eom
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)10. They got Berned!
eom
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)11. In a change election, all bets are off. n/t
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)12. How was Silver wrong?
He didn't predict a winner; he developed a probability model.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)15. Hillary won Iowa
Iggy Knorr
(247 posts)16. full on
pragmatic authoritarian butt-hurt mode