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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUpdate: 1841 PST Good news from NYT
Right now NYT gives Jones a 74% to win
Update: 65% chance to win.
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/alabama-senate-special-election-roy-moore-doug-jones?action=click&module=TopStories&pgtype=Homepage
JenniferJuniper
(4,515 posts)bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)Then you turn to the NY Times and they love Jones.
Confusing.
JenniferJuniper
(4,515 posts)there is this strange NYT thing.
angrychair
(8,749 posts)I think the margins are to thin where Moore needed to do better...the key will be turn out in these large counties and if the exit polling was close to that 30% black voter turnout
JenniferJuniper
(4,515 posts)We think about 565,000 votes remain to be counted. We think Mr. Jones leads in that vote by about 14.1 points.
angrychair
(8,749 posts)That would be amazing...fingers crossed
JenniferJuniper
(4,515 posts)The Upshots model shows good news for Jones, but it has also been swinging around a fair bit. A few minutes ago, they had him with a 90 percent chance of winning, but that probability is now back down to 67 percent.
I really admire what the Upshot folks are trying to do, but its also worth noting that building a live-updating model based on partial returns is a really hard problem. Among other things, its hard to calibrate your estimates of uncertainty based on empirical data, because (to put this in a nontechnical way) every state and every election is different. So Id keep a watchful eye on the Upshots dials to get an overall sense of how things are trending, but I wouldnt take the probabilities too literally, at least until later in the night.
angrychair
(8,749 posts)I hope this is true.
Akoto
(4,267 posts)NYT is predicting an overwhelming victory for Jones, whereas MSNBC (and CNN, I believe I read) are reporting Moore as being ahead by several points. Of course, the NYT may be guessing by including votes yet to be reported and how they think they'll swing.
yardwork
(61,737 posts)They're showing a very tight race. At this time they feel strongly that Jones will win, but by a slim margin.
angrychair
(8,749 posts)I think the margins are to thin where Moore needed to do better...the key will be turn out in these large counties and if the exit polling was close to that 30% black voter turnout
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)I think the NYt is being premature in their predictions.