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Topic	FiveThirtyEight now gives Biden an 88% chance to win the election.
ParanoidObsessive 10/20/20 10:06:14 AM #7:	Mead posted... important to keep in mind, but 2020 is a very different situation than 2016 in so many ways True, but also worth keeping in mind that polls aren't always all that helpful because different polling methodology can result in wildly different results, and there are always possibilities that people are simply ignoring that don't translate into real world applicability. And that's not even getting into sites with a political bias who can easily skew the numbers. Treating polls like a prophecy or seer can bite you in the ass. It's one of the reasons why people get blindsided by things that seem kind of obvious in hindsight. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:946071238] in FiveThirty... [t:79051479]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote>important to keep in mind, but 2020 is a very different situation than 2016 in so many ways</quote> True, but also worth keeping in mind that polls aren't always all that helpful because different polling methodology can result in wildly different results, and there are always possibilities that people are simply ignoring that don't translate into real world applicability. And that's not even getting into sites with a political bias who can easily skew the numbers. Treating polls like a prophecy or seer can bite you in the ass. It's one of the reasons why people get blindsided by things that seem kind of obvious in hindsight. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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