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Polls, polling and high anxiety: an easy test
Having just read the ratings sportswriters have published for the NFL draft, I wonder, as always, how their opinions will compare to the results on the football field. But NFL draft ratings are not what this is about. Indeed, one … Continue reading
Posted in Government, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights
Tagged 538com, Emerson polls, Fox News polls, GOP Ohio Senate primary, JD Vance, Josh Mandel, Nate Silver, NFL Draft, RealClearPolitics
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How to tell recovering conservatives from actual democrats
It’s a knee-jerk reaction. They can’t help themselves. The “they” I’m talking about are the many erstwhile conservatives, Republicans and others of that persuasion who have come out as anti-Trumpery. They are from all corners of the polity: elected officials … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Joe Biden and his people, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights
Tagged Chuck Schumer, Democratic Party, GOP, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, Trumpery, Trumpism
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The battle against rationality
Last week, Nate Silver, the maestro of 538.com, posted this tweet: The theory that “misinformation” has changed electoral outcomes in the US is pretty badly underbaked, especially given that the last several elections have broadly been in line with what … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Joe Biden and his people, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights
Tagged 538, Herschel Walker, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nate Silver, Raphael Warnock
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