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@[email protected] to United States | News & [email protected] • 9 months ago

Harris and Trump are tied in 538's new polling averages

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Harris and Trump are tied in 538's new polling averages

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Introducing 538's new 2024 presidential polling averages for Kamala Harris versus Donald Trump.
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    11•9 months ago

    538 had Hillary beating Trump in 2016.

    No they didn’t. They had Hillary with something like a 60% chance of winning. That’s not “had Hillary beating Trump” that’s “Hillary was more likely to win than Trump.”

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      Sure, Jan

      You know how the internet works, right?

      https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

      Don’t miss the forest for the trees. The point being— polls are shit 💩

      GET OUT AND VOTE!!!

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        You know how probability works right? No, of course you don’t. Almost nobody does…

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          Some of us play XCOM, 95% chance to hit might as well be 0% when you need 100%, usually means it’s time for a grenade.

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            Hah! Excellent example. 😆

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      I dont have proof, but I believe it was a hell of a lot higher than 60%

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        It wasn’t 100%. It’s a forecast not a premonition.

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        6•9 months ago

        It was. IIRC, it got up to almost 90% in mid October. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

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