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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 12:34 PM Jun 2019

** Nate Silver 538** Warren and Buttigieg have gained in the polls, Sanders has fallen

Two big, obvious things have happened. One is that Elizbeth Warren has gained at Bernie Sanders’s expense. Contrary to the claims made by the Sanders campaign, it’s not just “manufactured media narratives” that have Warren surging or Sanders slumping. Instead, that’s what you get if you make any effort to look at an average or cross-section of polls instead of cherry-picking, although the shifts have been fairly gradual.

The other trend is that Beto O’Rourke and Pete Buttigieg have swapped places. At the end of March, O’Rourke was at 9.3 percent and Buttigieg was at 2.6 percent; now, it’s Buttigieg at 7.7 percent and O’Rourke at 3.6 percent.

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https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/bulletpoint-two-meaningful-things-have-happened-in-the-democratic-primary-so-far/

If I were to vote in a presidential
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** Nate Silver 538** Warren and Buttigieg have gained in the polls, Sanders has fallen (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2019 OP
I agree with Nate Gothmog Jun 2019 #1
I read Sirota has Blocked Nate Silver Cha Jun 2019 #3
Nate's business is facts crazytown Jun 2019 #4
Not just fantasy -- evil smears as well nt NYMinute Jun 2019 #5
We need to know what's true.. I'm Cha Jun 2019 #6
K&R Tarheel_Dem Jun 2019 #2
 

Cha

(297,295 posts)
3. I read Sirota has Blocked Nate Silver
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 04:49 PM
Jun 2019

on Twitter.. I wonder if it's because of polls like these?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

crazytown

(7,277 posts)
4. Nate's business is facts
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 05:32 PM
Jun 2019

Sirota's business is fantasy - Unicorn shit.

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Undecided
 

NYMinute

(3,256 posts)
5. Not just fantasy -- evil smears as well nt
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 06:06 PM
Jun 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Cha

(297,295 posts)
6. We need to know what's true.. I'm
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 08:16 PM
Jun 2019

beyond sick of fantasy.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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