The Celebrated Nate Silver's Polls Were Off; Really, Really Off

Christian Post ^ | 11/5/2014 | David French

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Check out these two tables, both courtesy of Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight's fascinating live blog. First, check out the Democratic bias in the senate polling:

Next, here are the gubernatorial numbers:

That's a striking contrast between predictions and reality. As they say in sports, "that's why you play the game." That's why we hold elections. In this election at least, the "experts" were confident America was more blue than it wanted to be.

David French is Senior Counsel and Director of Digital Advocacy at the American Center for Law and Justice.

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“What you call the lunatic fringe just kicked the Democrats’ ass.”

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I am so enjoying the liberal meltdown! This wasn't an election, it was a reckoning.

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As you can tell, there are some Freepers who are not happy. They must just like being losers. Oh well, I hope that they are sending some money Jim’s way.