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re: Sensing a little bit of unease from Nate Silver today

Posted on 10/27/20 at 10:56 am to
Posted by ValDawgsta
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Posted on 10/27/20 at 10:56 am to
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I think he gave Trump an 8% chance against Hillary.



His election day model gave Trump a 30% chance to win in 2016. He was wrong, but far more bullish on Trump than the other models.
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Posted on 10/27/20 at 10:57 am to
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His election day model gave Trump a 30% chance to win in 2016


Underlined the key part. Now go back to the rest of his models for that election.
Posted by the808bass
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Posted on 10/27/20 at 10:59 am to
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Posted by Flats
Member since Jul 2019
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Posted on 10/27/20 at 11:03 am to
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His election day model gave Trump a 30% chance to win in 2016. He was wrong,


We have no idea if he was wrong or not, because elections are discrete events. You need iterations to prove models like this and elections don't provide that; not for a long, long time.
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