jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 个月前Biden is on track to beat inflation and lose the presidencywww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down119
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minus-squareShunkW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·5 个月前Wasn’t 538 wrong about Trump winning in 2016 though?
minus-squareSkepticpunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-25 个月前No. 538 gave Trump the best chances out of any model, which Nate was criticized heavily for. 1-in-3 chances, which is what Trump had in 2016, are still pretty likely.
minus-squarecbarrick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 个月前Everyone was wrong in 2016. 538 was the least wrong of any model anywhere. And Nate Silver was ridiculed at the time for giving Trump such a high chance of winning, before the election.
minus-squareistanbullulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 个月前538 gave Trump and Clinton similar chances. They essentially called the race too close to call.
Wasn’t 538 wrong about Trump winning in 2016 though?
No. 538 gave Trump the best chances out of any model, which Nate was criticized heavily for. 1-in-3 chances, which is what Trump had in 2016, are still pretty likely.
Everyone was wrong in 2016.
538 was the least wrong of any model anywhere.
And Nate Silver was ridiculed at the time for giving Trump such a high chance of winning, before the election.
538 gave Trump and Clinton similar chances. They essentially called the race too close to call.