• @[email protected]OP
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    -55 months ago

    Yet he was leading in popular vote pols for a solid 9 months before Biden dropped out. If Biden had stayed, he would likely have won the popular vote.

    • nifty
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      75 months ago

      We’ll never know, the only “poll” which matters is the election.

      • @[email protected]OP
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        -25 months ago

        A poll is just an estimate. Obviously we will never know. But were the election held a couple months ago (vs Biden) Trump would have about an 85% chance of winning according to the best statistical models. (Source: used to work as data scientist for a major pollster and obsess over this stuff for fun)

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          • @[email protected]OP
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            5 months ago

            60% about

            Problem is media reports on 60% as if it is a sure thing, when 40% is a really big chance…

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