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Forecasting the race for the House [FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / Nate Silver]
FIVETHIRTYEIGHT ^ | 08/16/2018 | Nate Silver

Posted on 08/17/2018 8:29:49 AM PDT by SES1066

3 in 4 Chance Democrats win control (74.6%)

(Excerpt) Read more at projects.fivethirtyeight.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018; house; pollsters; representative
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To: Red Badger

President Hilliary will be pleased to hear this..................

She will have to wait until the House Impeaches and the Senate Removes both DJT an Pense making Pelosi President and after Nancy concedes in her favor (which would be a cold day in Hell).


21 posted on 08/17/2018 8:57:43 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: wattsgnu; SES1066

You can’t argue with a track record like that lol.


22 posted on 08/17/2018 8:57:49 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: HamiltonJay
Come fall the GOP is going to get CRUSHED in a lot of purple and pink districts

Except that there's no evidence of anything like that happening, you're absolutely correct.

23 posted on 08/17/2018 8:58:15 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: SES1066

The dirty truth is incumbents usually get re-elected.

I don’t see a throw the bums out mood like in 2006.

We’ve got three months to find out if a Blue Wave will really swamp America.


24 posted on 08/17/2018 8:58:19 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SES1066

Silver could be correct this time around as many Republican/conservative voters do not understand that losing the House all but guarantees none of DJT’s plans will go forward and that DJT will be Impeached and possibly Removed.


25 posted on 08/17/2018 9:00:37 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: PIF

Silver said Hilliary would win in a landslide:

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


26 posted on 08/17/2018 9:01:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: cuban leaf

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


27 posted on 08/17/2018 9:01:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: SES1066

About as correct as their last one
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/


28 posted on 08/17/2018 9:03:55 AM PDT by hans56 (I'm not tired of winning yet)
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To: goldstategop

“The dirty truth is incumbents usually get re-elected”

The problem is over 30 GOP “incumbents” are not running for reelect, thus making open seats. Too many believed the polls last year and decided not to run. This is the reason why the polls and stats are not reliable. The GOP has more open seats than are needed to lose the house.


29 posted on 08/17/2018 9:05:47 AM PDT by pghbjugop
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To: Red Badger

Silver said Hilliary would win in a landslide:

Then you did not understand what I was saying: to wit many will sit home to teach the current GOP a lesson (because they don’t like so and so, he/she’s a rino etc,) and goes the nation.


30 posted on 08/17/2018 9:06:11 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: SES1066

Same people who said Hillary had a 95% chance of winning right up until she lost.


31 posted on 08/17/2018 9:08:26 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SES1066

This guy is about as accurate as Sabato. Which means he has no clue.


32 posted on 08/17/2018 9:11:57 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: wattsgnu
His midterm prediction is pretty close to his 71.4% odds on Hillary winning (posted the same day she lost bigly).

At least he's consistent.......smirk.

33 posted on 08/17/2018 9:18:28 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: pghbjugop

I don’t think the GOP-e wants to keep the House. Deep state RINOs are terrified of actually governing. They need at least one of three bodies, House, Senate or Presidency, to be democrat. That way they can play the “woe is us our hands are tied” game.


34 posted on 08/17/2018 9:21:50 AM PDT by henkster (Monsters from the Id.)
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To: goldstategop

Slam dunk. Rhymes with damn drunk. There’s a poem in there somewhere, but I can’t be bothered writing it.


35 posted on 08/17/2018 9:22:59 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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Nate Silver is an IDIOT!

Didn't he say TRUMP had a 5% chance of becoming the Republican nominee?

36 posted on 08/17/2018 9:31:40 AM PDT by KavMan
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To: KavMan

On YouTube, you can see this bozo raising the criminal Hillary Clinton’s chances of winning the presidency over Trump to 78 percent about 8:30 election night. At about 10:15, Stephanopolous puts him on the spot about “changing our forecast” which of course, Silver denied, with some babble about Hillary not winning any of the competitive states. He is asked for a prediction and goes to the betting markets which favor Trump. I could have asked my cat to put his tail in the direction of the winner and have gotten a more reliable result.


37 posted on 08/17/2018 10:25:32 AM PDT by laconic
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To: hans56; Red Badger

He pretty much nailed the popular vote though, he was only off by about 1%. He called 48%-45% Hillary win, and it was actually 48%-46% Hillary win. Unfortunately, there is no electoral college for house seats, so if popular prediction is as accurate as his 2016 popular vote prediction, the House is lost.


38 posted on 08/17/2018 10:28:58 AM PDT by Wayne07
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To: eyeamok

Me too !
We’ll PICK UP
seats


39 posted on 08/17/2018 10:30:28 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: SES1066

Nate Silver: Just another Secular Progressive Capo trying to put his foot on the scale!


40 posted on 08/17/2018 10:37:48 AM PDT by vette6387
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