• Twinklebreeze @lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Everyone that made 538 worth reading was laid off. Even Nate Silver is gone, and he took his model with him. We’ll see how they do this election, but I’m not paying attention to them this election.

    • Railing5132@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Votemaster and Zenger at electoralvote.com have a decent site. They take a ‘model of models’ approach and while their editorials are decidedly liberal, they put math and statistical analysis at the forefront and show their work.

      • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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        7 months ago

        They weren’t incorrect, they predicted Trump had a chance to win and he made that chance happen

        What they did that was stupid was oversell what an odds advantage meant for Clinton and when caught in their own mistelling of how their own reports work proceeded to make themselves look like that nerd who can’t admit that he fucked up and blames it all on other people not understanding what he was “akshualay” saying.