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Ol Janx Spirit

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57. This exactly...
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 09:34 PM
Dec 3

Why is everyone so upset with the polls? They actually told us Harris was closer to winning the election than she actually was. For whatever reason they skewed Democratic, but the polls that count--as we all said before the election--were much more favorable to the big orange pig. Being mad at the pollsters--and the MSM for that matter--for telling us the truth gets us nowhere. As progressives we like to think we are data-driven, but we are just as susceptible as conservatives to disbelieve data that does not reinforce our view. But the examples of not trusting the data are numerous and lead to disaster. There is a reason nobody referrers to Aristotle anymore: he was wrong--and provably so. To win future elections we need to understand why people both gravitated towards [it] and stayed home. We can't do that by blaming the pollsters; the media; the poor; the rich.... The Biden administration made many mistakes: Afghanistan; inflation; immigration; prosecutions.... But that is now squarely in the past. I--for one--do not think a recalibration is actually necessary. The stupidity, cruelty and misguidedness of the incoming administration will be patently obvious to all of those 'the price of eggs is too high!' voters. If we can maintain somewhat of a functioning democracy until 2026 we will be okay--this will pass.

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He's full of it MustLoveBeagles Dec 2 #1
He's been working for an Elon Musk company since he had to leave 538. Yoyoyo77 Dec 3 #35
My mistake that should be a Peter Thiel company. Yoyoyo77 Dec 3 #36
Silver is a useless washed up old hypocrite. yardwork Dec 2 #2
He had a good idea for ranking pollsters based on results Bluetus Dec 2 #24
Real Clear Politics poll aveage was spot on IbogaProject Dec 3 #58
He has some issues with ageism and abuse as well bucolic_frolic Dec 2 #3
Sounds like is anti President Biden. That is rotten. Trueblue1968 Dec 2 #20
Does he mean for president, i presume? ColinC Dec 2 #4
Oh fawk him....... a kennedy Dec 2 #5
I could not care less what his political opinions are. nt BootinUp Dec 2 #6
Connection to Peter "Gawker Killer don't say I'm gay" Thiel not fooled Dec 2 #7
There's very little chance he voted for Harris BannonsLiver Dec 2 #8
counter point. quakerboy Dec 2 #9
He had one lucky shot in 2008 SCantiGOP Dec 2 #10
He got 48 out of 50 right in 2024 (missed MI and WI), and the actual result (312 EVs for Trump) was the most common Celerity Dec 3 #27
This exactly... Ol Janx Spirit Dec 3 #57
A whole dictator wannabe Dem4life1234 Dec 2 #11
Recommended. H2O Man Dec 2 #12
Creepy creep. Michael MOORE, AXELROD creeping into the same category. PLOUFE "helped" but now? UTUSN Dec 2 #13
What???? MadameButterfly Dec 2 #21
There will be other issues in 2028 bmichaelh Dec 2 #14
You are assuming there will BE elections in 2028? niyad Dec 2 #16
Exactly niyad. It is the ostrich head in the sand syndrome that anyone believes we will have Clouds Passing Dec 3 #41
Worse things than President Biden ever did? Excuse me?? PortTack Dec 2 #17
To bmichaelh: please reword "worse things than ..." -- stop implicating Joe!! Dock_Yard Dec 3 #34
Keith Olbermann has had some very unflattering things to say about nate. niyad Dec 2 #15
Keith Olbermann has had some very unflattering things to say about almost everyone! Wiz Imp Dec 3 #55
He mad Katcat Dec 2 #18
He's a brought and paid for pollster for the repuke party kimbutgar Dec 2 #19
I'm old enough to remember when he existed. Orrex Dec 2 #22
He's been on Fox, apparently. kerry-is-my-prez Dec 2 #23
Kick for morning DUers who missed this. NT Mike 03 Dec 3 #25
Let's see what happens when Trump tries to pardon himself. mt Jit423 Dec 3 #26
He'll go the way of Drudge at some point. nt allegorical oracle Dec 3 #28
Silver is unprofessional. He had early success, if you want to call it that but Passages Dec 3 #29
My nickname for him is "MySpace." Tommy Carcetti Dec 3 #30
I'm sure his bias does not reflect itself in his polling or his analysis of polling. Anyone need a bridge? marble falls Dec 3 #31
No one should care what Nate Silver says or does. ancianita Dec 3 #32
Isn't that precious... orwell Dec 3 #33
I missed the actual day and date...... but the entire planet slipped into Idiocracy. usaf-vet Dec 3 #39
My guess... orwell Dec 3 #44
Can't argue with that! usaf-vet Dec 3 #46
Fuck him.... He's been against Biden from the start Blue_Tires Dec 3 #37
He has been bought and paid for? usaf-vet Dec 3 #38
Probably to create push polls Captain Zero Dec 3 #52
Oh Nate Silver GFY. Cha Dec 3 #40
NATE SILVER SUPPORT CHILD RAPE! /END onecaliberal Dec 3 #42
Nate Silver has been all Figarosmom Dec 3 #43
And he's said NOTHING about tfg's pardons... nilram Dec 3 #45
He's a libertarian that likes to pretend Farmer-Rick Dec 3 #47
Silver, you shitgibbon... GiqueCee Dec 3 #48
I personally DemonGoddess Dec 3 #49
Shit, that is really low PatSeg Dec 3 #50
This message was self-deleted by its author brush Dec 3 #51
We should just eliminate pardons. The Mouth Dec 3 #53
And did he have any similar comments about all the felons TSF pardoned and named to his cabinet? Trueblue Texan Dec 3 #54
I had already tagged him as a shit head who was full of a bunch of hot air. BigDemVoter Dec 3 #56
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