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Politics Podcast: No, The Model Doesn’t Care About The Early Vote
538 ^ | 10/26/18 | Nate Silver

Posted on 10/28/2018 2:12:43 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

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To: SoFloFreeper

One of the poll questions should be “have you already voted?”
If the percentages don’t match the actual vote, the sample is bad.


21 posted on 10/28/2018 7:01:06 AM PDT by JoeRed
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To: SoFloFreeper

Which is why I was right and he was wrong in 2016.

If you understand the dynamics of the early vote, it tells you everything.

Rs do NOT “cannibalize” election day. They are extremely traditional-—my wife, neighbor, his wife, and myself-—all are election day voters.

So if Rs are leading anywhere in early vote where “normally” they take election day (ie., OH, FL) then it should be over by election day.


22 posted on 10/28/2018 7:25:46 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: LibertyOh

Early voting this year is heavily R+ while polls are heavily D+.

Only one of these two models is right and they will predict the outcome.

Liberal pollsters believe their model is accurate. But if the early voting trend is right, they could be in for a rude awakening on Election Day.

Is their model truly based on random sampling? We’ll find out in a week.


23 posted on 10/28/2018 8:14:26 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Little Natie is going to look like a fool AGAIN and he knows it.


24 posted on 10/28/2018 8:17:26 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberal is lies.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

“... we don’t know all of the factors involved in early voting.”

That part is certainly true.


25 posted on 10/28/2018 2:55:27 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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