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jfc
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Why political journalists can’t stand Nate Silver
What you just posted is misleading. Silver's model gave the GOP a 2 in 3 chance of winning the House in 2010, predicting a net gain of 45-50 House seats, and the majority -
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/g-o-p-ha...
andrewljohnson
on Nov 3, 2012
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Also, his modeling is MUCH more accurate for presidential races, where there is more polling data, and thus a lower sampling error.
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