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Here is a link to several poll aggregation and prediction sites (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 OP
Bookmarking. Thanks for putting this together. livetohike Nov 2016 #1
It wasn't hard. Most of the are right here: DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 #2
Thanks Farmgirl1961 Nov 2016 #3
Two points DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 #4
It seems like all the other polls have her in the mid 90s or low 80s… Farmgirl1961 Nov 2016 #6
Silver has a piece somewhere on his site addressing this. Jim Lane Nov 2016 #9
Silver's post addressing this GopherGal Nov 2016 #10
K&R thanks DSB!!!! nt Demsrule86 Nov 2016 #5
Thanks for posting this Gothmog Nov 2016 #7
That list omits my favorite Jim Lane Nov 2016 #8
Thank you DSB Demsrule86 Nov 2016 #11

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,711 posts)
4. Two points
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 09:23 AM
Nov 2016

- Nate is good but he is not the only person doing it and he is not the only person who has been successful at doing it.

- He still has her at 75%.

Farmgirl1961

(1,493 posts)
6. It seems like all the other polls have her in the mid 90s or low 80s…
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 09:40 AM
Nov 2016

It seems like all the other polls have her in the mid 90s or low 80s…

And those polls have remained relatively stable through this FBI/Comeygate. But Nate polls keep showing Hillary decreasing and Trump gaining. Don't worry, I'm not putting too much stock in his stuff. But just wonder why his site is the only one that shows such volatility and her number is dropping.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
9. Silver has a piece somewhere on his site addressing this.
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 11:02 PM
Nov 2016

One big reason is that he doesn't assume that each state result is an independent event. For example (my example, I don't remember whether it's his): Suppose Trump were to hit Clinton on trade (support for NAFTA, past support of TPP then flip-flopping on it) and to campaign heavily on the issue of job losses. If that attack caught on, he could conceivably win several Rust Belt states that went for Obama.

Suppose there are two blue states and Trump's chance of flipping each is 20%. If they're independent events then his chance of flipping both is 4%. If, however, the question in both states is whether a trade-based attack will swing enough votes, then the results are correlated. The chance of flipping both will be only a little less than 20%. Silver uses the latter type of model.

GopherGal

(2,009 posts)
10. Silver's post addressing this
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 12:15 AM
Nov 2016

Also mentions that 538's model allows for more uncertainty in the polling. This will lead to it looking less favorable for the frontrunner than other models.

But yes, the idea of state outcomes being correlated is a big one. And it would operate in the same direction - to make the less likely winner more probable.

[link:http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-why-our-model-is-more-bullish-than-others-on-trump/|

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
8. That list omits my favorite
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 10:57 PM
Nov 2016
http://www.electoral-vote.com/

No reports on polls of the nationwide popular vote, which doesn't elect anyone; just a state-by-state breakdown based on polls there, updated daily. Click on the "Senate" link at the top for similar state-by-state analysis of all the Senate races.

Along with the poll aggregation, each day's update includes half a dozen or so items about the latest electoral news.

The site proprietor is a Democrat and has displayed a pro-Clinton bias but tries to keep his electoral projections strictly data-based.

Demsrule86

(68,643 posts)
11. Thank you DSB
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 08:19 PM
Nov 2016

Nate Silver's is pretty much the lowest of the ones I am familiar with...he got brexit wrong and Michigan...just don't know if his new model works.

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