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Nate Silver in final midterm projections: 'Democrats need a couple things to go wrong' to lose House
The Hill ^ | 11/05/18 | Brett Samuels

Posted on 11/05/2018 7:09:09 PM PST by yesthatjallen

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To: yesthatjallen

80% chance Republicans keep the senate in the majority. lololol thats all you need to know about this guy’s predictions.


41 posted on 11/05/2018 7:57:39 PM PST by Democrats hate too much
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To: Repeal 16-17

Apparently some of them are triggered by cold rain, so they should stay home tomorrow and smoke their weed.


42 posted on 11/05/2018 8:00:08 PM PST by greedo
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To: fireman15
Every election cycle one pollster gets closest to the final numbers. He's lionized as a prophet.

The fact is no matter how good your polling there's still an element of good luck.

If polls were accurate, they would all report the exact same numbers.

As I said, every election cycle, ONE pollster gets lucky.

43 posted on 11/05/2018 8:00:17 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: PallMal

‘What am I missing?’

the Blue Wall of PA, MI and WI, 46 EV’s, crumbled unexpectedly; thus, when FL went against her, she had no buffer...


44 posted on 11/05/2018 8:03:54 PM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: yesthatjallen

Nate Silver = Horse Manure


45 posted on 11/05/2018 8:05:25 PM PST by Yankee (Hillary's loss is tangable proof that God still blesses America.)
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To: TBP

With Nate Silver’s predictions, you have to use a Hillary Clinton-fudge factor of minus-40 to reach a more accurate Silver number.

Nate needs to take a year off...just tour the country and talk to regular people.


46 posted on 11/05/2018 8:07:07 PM PST by pepsionice
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To: yesthatjallen
As I said, every election cycle, ONE pollster gets lucky.

Rasmussen was the closest pollster last time around, and has been in other elections as well. You do understand that Nate Silver is not a pollster. He is a “statistician”. He uses data from multiple sources to come to his conclusions. But it was a garbage in garbage out situation the last time around and probably is the same this time around as well.

47 posted on 11/05/2018 8:09:23 PM PST by fireman15
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To: greedo

“Apparently some of them are triggered by cold rain, so they should stay home tomorrow and smoke their weed.”

I wonder if dems have shot themselves in the foot with legalized marijuana. Their potential voters are now all a bunch of “Towlies” (worst character ever from Southpark). Whatna get high?


48 posted on 11/05/2018 8:15:05 PM PST by willk (everyone)
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To: TBP
He gave Hillary Clinton a 92 percent chance of being elected president, so his chance of Republicans retaining the House is lower than Mrs. Clinton’s chance of being president.

He actually gave her only a 71% chance of winning the Electoral College in his final projection.

49 posted on 11/05/2018 8:15:12 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: going hot

I don’t even bother to read what Silver puts out.

He’s a damn joke.


50 posted on 11/05/2018 8:17:50 PM PST by Conserv (Did)
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To: greedo

Yep, snowing in Bozeman, MT right now and supposed to snow tomorrow. Hopefully, it will keep the libs/Tester voters away tomorrow.


51 posted on 11/05/2018 8:19:47 PM PST by Troublemaker
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To: yesthatjallen

> What is it with “win the popular vote” Democrats are claiming?

It’s the most blatant last-minute moving of the goalposts you’ll ever see. They must know things are really really bad.


52 posted on 11/05/2018 8:28:28 PM PST by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 2)
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To: yesthatjallen

I give him a 99% chance of being the village idiot


53 posted on 11/05/2018 8:34:38 PM PST by RaginRak
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To: Democrats hate too much

That’s crazy. That’s a one in five chance of total Democratic Party domination of every remotely contested seat. The only thing they could leave on the table would be Texas.

I wouldn’t give a one in 500 chance of that actually occurring.


54 posted on 11/05/2018 8:35:22 PM PST by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 2)
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To: yesthatjallen

They are communists. They don’t understand the constitution

Red tide rolling


55 posted on 11/05/2018 8:40:22 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: LiberalismDestroys

Because each race is a discreet entity


56 posted on 11/05/2018 8:41:55 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: yesthatjallen

The guy can manage a decent hair cut?


57 posted on 11/05/2018 8:44:00 PM PST by heights
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To: going hot

at 7:06 pm Nate says:

Final Election Update: Democrats Aren’t Certain To Take The House, But They’re Pretty Clear Favorites
The range of outcomes is wide and includes the GOP holding on.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/final-election-update-democrats-arent-certain-to-take-the-house-but-theyre-pretty-clear-favorites/?ex_cid=2018-forecast


58 posted on 11/05/2018 8:58:20 PM PST by funfan
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To: yesthatjallen

Same organization predicted Hitlery’s 96% chance to be in the Whitehouse right now.


59 posted on 11/05/2018 9:07:21 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: yesthatjallen
Democrats, however, are aided by President Trump’s low approval ratings, strong fundraising numbers, a large number of Republican retirements and a historical precedent of the president’s party losing ground in the midterms, Silver noted.

How can Nate Silver say these things with a straight face? Trump is several points higher than Obama at the same time in his administration. Trump has a 51% approval rating among likely voters as does the Republican Party.

Nate Silver is either a fool or a liar. I do not think he is a fool.

60 posted on 11/05/2018 9:10:33 PM PST by cpdiii (Cane Cutter, Deckhand,Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist: THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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