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To: mrsmith

538 isn’t even close... They aggregate polls from weeks ago with current polls... Look at the last 6 FL polls. All but 1 are Trump, 1 is tied, yet Hillary is projected to win.


11 posted on 09/14/2016 4:10:33 PM PDT by NYC-RepublicanCT
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To: NYC-RepublicanCT

I think 538 has a very reasonable prediction based on the polling about two weeks ago- which is pretty much what they’re ‘selling’.

As someone above says: it’s the bad polls that make the aggregators inaccurate. “Likely voters” polls have used either the respondent’s word on how likely they are to vote- which is known to be very inaccurate, or they have used 2012 exit polling data- which there is no justification for doing.

BTW: The highly liberal and Trump-hating children at PEC have a map with their prognosis http://www.270towin.com/maps/princeton-election-consortium that can be changed by the user to reflect reality. It is very useful.


33 posted on 09/14/2016 6:23:38 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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