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In reply to the discussion: What is UP with Nate Silver these days? [View all]hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)1. he is using really bad polls.
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he is using these polls that have been shown to be gop leaning ARG in particular.
hrmjustin
Oct 2012
#44
Righties have been pumping out polls a mile a minute since the first debate
Godless in Seattle
Oct 2012
#50
He's not interpreting them. He's plugging them into his model and interpreting that.
gkhouston
Oct 2012
#4
Hope so. The undecided voters can't be as swayable by B.S. as we may think.....or can they?
AverageJoe90
Oct 2012
#25
Remember a few weeks ago when the right was all about skewed polls and creating their own reality?
LeftyMom
Oct 2012
#15
Do you even know who the people are that found problems with his info?
DisabledAmerican
Oct 2012
#32
who said I was freaking out I just said this should be entertaining let them look into it
DisabledAmerican
Oct 2012
#42
You Don't Have To Be A Master Aggregator To Know The President Isn't Doing As Good As He Was
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2012
#8
How Come The Only Pollster "We Have" Is PPP And The Pubbies Literally Have At Least A Dozen?
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2012
#31
It's the inertia of political events that are affecting the polls-- but it can and will change
andym
Oct 2012
#34
i think his model doesn't just aggregate a day's polling. i think it extrapolates a trend.
unblock
Oct 2012
#43
For the most part, I trust him. You realize the right wingers have folks saying the same thing? nt
cecilfirefox
Oct 2012
#51
LOL, maybe Nate was wrong when he had us winning 80% to 20%. I would love to match your...
Logical
Oct 2012
#71
Nate NAILED the 2008 election and predicted we would get our ass kicked in 2010 and the DU HATED...
Logical
Oct 2012
#80
I heard (from all places, Fox News) last night that the latest Virginia poll...
CoffeeCat
Oct 2012
#78