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To: SpeedyInTexas

Silver:

“I do think people overthink things some times. In an 800-person poll, the margin of error for the difference between candidates is ~7 points. And 1 in 20 polls will fall outside that margin of error, i.e. be more than 7 points away from the true number.”

Still in denial. Oh wait, I thought he said believe the polls.


349 posted on 10/31/2020 5:35:14 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Localization, not Globalization)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Wasserman: Believe the polls, well unless I disagree with it.

“If you want to play the “unskew Selzer” game, one thing I can tell you is that Republicans are not about to win #IA01 (which flipped blue in ‘18 by 5%) by 15%.”


350 posted on 10/31/2020 5:36:57 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Localization, not Globalization)
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