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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 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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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 rights
Tagged 538, Herschel Walker, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nate Silver, Raphael Warnock
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I’m back on the polling treadmill and I can’t get off
Yeah, that’s a confession. Indeed, I’m so captivated by polls, a whole chapter in my book, How I Learned The Facts of Life, is devoted to them: 10 Polls are not facts. They’re not opinions, either. During political campaigns, I … Continue reading
Posted in How I Learned The Facts of Life, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged " "House of Cards, "To Play the King, 538.com, DailyKos Elections, Debbie Stabenow, Delphi Analytica, Gary Peters, Harry Enten, John James, Kid Rock, Marjorie Connelly, Michigan Senate race, Nate Silver, polling, polls, presidential polls, push polls, Robert James Ritchie
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