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In reply to the discussion: What is UP with Nate Silver these days? [View all]DisabledAmerican
(452 posts)13. what happen to having a different point of view?
Come on now we are a democracy now. If someone is proving his model doesn't work because he is plugging in outlier polls into his model you could be just as bad on shooting the whistle blower. Two right wing polls are already messing up his models.
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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