Nate Silver (of 538 fame) is seeing a trend where Dems keep Senate

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Nate Silver also predicted a landslide for Hilary Clinton. He then spent four years claiming it wasn't his fault that he was wrong. Did you know old Mate is just a poll reader and he has never actually conducted a poll in his life?
 
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Nate Silver also predicted a landslide for Hilary Clinton. He then spent four years claiming it wasn't his fault that he was wrong. Did you know old Mate is just a poll reader and he has never actually conducted a poll in his life?

Well, we'll just have to wait and see, won't we?


"Silver was named one of
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in 2009 after an election forecasting system he developed successfully predicted the outcomes in 49 of the 50 states in the
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In the
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, the forecasting system correctly predicted the winner of all 50 states and the
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FiveThirtyEight, like many outlets, said
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had a lower probability of victory in the
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However, the 28% chance of victory they gave Trump going into election day was significantly higher than that of most other analysts, and FiveThirtyEight discussed a Trump win as a distinct possibility, while most media treated it as a remote, if not near-impossible, outcome.
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In 2020, FiveThirtyEight correctly predicted
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's victory in the election, forecasting 48 out of 50 states correctly."