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Election Day….Nate Silver and Harry Enten models’ pick Harris by a slim margin…..

November 5, 2024 By jamesb

These pundits have bounced around but crawl back to a Harris/Walz win in the end. by a hair...Nate Cohn Ducks... Nate Silver.... At exactly midnight on Tuesday, I pressed the “go” button for the final time on our election model this year. I knew it was going to be close. I … [Read more...] about Election Day….Nate Silver and Harry Enten models’ pick Harris by a slim margin…..

Filed Under: Entertainment, Other Things, Politics, Polling Tagged With: 2024 Harris, 2024 Presidential Election, FiveThirtyEight/538, Forecasts/predictions, Harry Enten, Media, Nate Cohn, Nate Silver, Politics, Polling, polls

Some info on Covid-19 going forward…..Masks still work, even if you’re the only one using them….

April 27, 2022 By jamesb

This from Five Thgirty Eight...... If there's one thing we've learned since March 2020, it's that pandemics are all about hard decisions. It's hard to keep track of the information that helps us make those choices — let alone notice or remember when new science and expert … [Read more...] about Some info on Covid-19 going forward…..Masks still work, even if you’re the only one using them….

Filed Under: Government, Healthcare Tagged With: Covid, COVID-19, FiveThirtyEight/538, Government, Health, Law, Media, virus

Nate Silver & Co admit their forecasting needs changes…

June 8, 2021 By jamesb

The iconic pundit admits that his projections based on his poll sampling needs to be changed for the better..... The linked piece is LONG and detailed.... At the end of each election cycle, I like to consider what changes we might make to our models in forthcoming cycles. … [Read more...] about Nate Silver & Co admit their forecasting needs changes…

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: FiveThirtyEight/538, Nate Silver, Political Projections/Forecasts, Politics, Polling, pundits

Nate Silver….Less than week out…The Presidential race isn’t tightening….

October 28, 2020 By jamesb

We ALL say it will.... It's natural.... But the pundit guru Nate Silver over at FiveThirtyEight doesn't see a redo of 2016 when Donald Trump's polling rose and Hillary Clinton's had the bottom begin to drop out around  October 17th.... Joe Biden's national and state … [Read more...] about Nate Silver….Less than week out…The Presidential race isn’t tightening….

Filed Under: Entertainment, Politics, Polling Tagged With: 2020 Presidential race, Biden, FiveThirtyEight/538, Nate Silver, Polling, polling projections/forecasts, Trump

FiveThirtyEight releases its Presidential forecast…Biden by a mile…..

August 12, 2020 By jamesb

Less than 3 months out? Joe Biden by more that 2-1..... Nate Silver @NateSilver538 Our forecast is up!!! It gives Joe Biden a 71% chance of winning and Donald Trump a 29% chance. 2020 … [Read more...] about FiveThirtyEight releases its Presidential forecast…Biden by a mile…..

Filed Under: Entertainment, Politics, Polling Tagged With: 2020 Presidential forecast/projection, Biden, Center for politics, FiveThirtyEight/538, Nate Silver, Politics, Polling, Trump

…On Masks?…Five Thirty Eight…

April 6, 2020 By jamesb

Hmmmmm? Trump's people just suggested you wear them.... TRUMP"S people... ...the messaging about mask usage remains muddled. That’s true for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which updated its public recommendations to include wearing masks whenever you go … [Read more...] about …On Masks?…Five Thirty Eight…

Filed Under: Healthcare, Other Things Tagged With: FiveThirtyEight/538, Health, Trump Admin, Virus mask usage

FiveThirtyEight joins others in forecasting a Biden Democratic Presidential nomination win…

January 9, 2020 By jamesb

Just about all the other forecasts on the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination predict the same... A Joe Biden capture.... Voting starts in less than a month... The 538 model has Biden taking Iowa and Sanders taking New Hampshire... After that? The model's have … [Read more...] about FiveThirtyEight joins others in forecasting a Biden Democratic Presidential nomination win…

Filed Under: Entertainment, Politics, Polling Tagged With: 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination race, Democrats, FiveThirtyEight/538, Joe Biden, Politics, Predictions/Forecats

The next Democratic Presidential nomination debate is November 20th….

November 8, 2019 By jamesb

There will be 10 people on stage.... There will also be  a December 19th one... While Joe Biden still leads the field? The drama has heated up below him.... Elizabeth Warren's health plan roll out has cost her a slight dip in the polls.... Bernie Sanders heart … [Read more...] about The next Democratic Presidential nomination debate is November 20th….

Filed Under: Entertainment, Politics, Polling Tagged With: Biden, Buttigieg, Democratic Presidential nomination debate November 20th, FiveThirtyEight/538, Politics, Sanders, Warren

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