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“Lots of people left 2016 feeling hurt about polling, or confused about what it is and what went wrong, and why it could be wrong,” -- (link)

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Oct 19 '18, 05:43

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“So, part of our strategy this year is to help people understand more what it is.” (www.cjr.org)

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I mean, accountability is good, but people seem to want more from pollsters than they do from politicians. - Reagen Oct 19, 05:50 9
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  - I'm talking about the people who seem to think he actually does polling. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 06:16
- Remember when Silver/538 got chastised for unnecessarily worrying people Trump had a chance of winning? - Cuzzin Todd Oct 19, 06:05 3
  - Of course he did, with HuffPo's models showing HRC at 98%. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 19, 06:06 1
    - It wasn't just HuffPo that gave Hillary a chance in the 90s, even upper 90s. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 19, 06:25
  - That never happened to anyone, come on...... -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 06:06
- People also don't understand just how much work it takes developing models - Strongbad Oct 19, 05:57
- I want the unskewed guy back! -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 05:51 1
  - Man, he was funny. He tried a comeback but it didn't stick. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 06:01

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