Calling the States
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@Loki said in Calling the States:
@jon-nyc said in Calling the States:
But my question stands -
Does Trafalgar really have the special sauce? Or do they lean Republican so if you only look at how they did during republican upsets they look prescient?
GOP for sure but if Trump wins can you ever read Nate Silver with a straight face again? It would be like reading the manifesto of a dangerous mind.
Obviously they lean GOP. But is that all they got? Or do they do it intelligently so there are not too many false positives? Nate says they've got a 75% record which is kind of poor.
Also, see my reply to Jolly.
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@Jolly said in Calling the States:
@jon-nyc said in Calling the States:
I'm calling it for Trump.
I think you're too early.
You're right. They've always said election night would look good for Trump then mail in ballots would push things the other way.
We won't really know what happened for a day or two at least. It could come down to those little orphan districts in NE and ME.
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@jon-nyc said in Calling the States:
Remember, PA, MI, WI have only reported in-person ballots so far.
Yeah, I’m thinking Arizona sunk Trump. Michigan will bear some watching, but...
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1 The votes aren't even in yet, at least not everywhere.
2 Here all this shit is handled at the local level, and many jurisdictions simply didn't prepare for much larger mail-in and early voting, for reasons both banal and benign.
3 In many places, the GOP has fought to make it hard. Their pros know they're a minority party.
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So I understand right now it looks better for Trump than predicted by the polls but overall it’s still very open. Is that about it?
@Klaus said in Calling the States:
So I understand right now it looks better for Trump than predicted by the polls but overall it’s still very open. Is that about it?
Yup. Arizona is Biden. It’s down to PA, Michigan and Wisconsin. Betting odds are 60/40 Trump
