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Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 10:22 PM Aug 2016

Quote From Nate Silver From Today

This is buried in one of their weekly discussion but its far more candid than he usually is. Sounds like the guy knows this is over. Any littlr fluctuations in the odds are just noise and the outcome is already mostly certain


I guess I’d just say that Clinton won her primary big and now it looks like she’s going to win the general election, possibly also big. And, by the way, she’s going to be the first woman in American history to accomplish this in 240 years of the republic.


http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/has-the-hillary-clinton-campaign-been-lucky-or-good/
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Quote From Nate Silver From Today (Original Post) Doctor Jack Aug 2016 OP
Bake that cake! GOTV! nt TeamPooka Aug 2016 #1
I will preheat the oven! Cracklin Charlie Aug 2016 #9
Yes! Thank you! sheshe2 Aug 2016 #2
Well she's currently set at worst, to have a 75% to win ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2016 #3
Isn't it to early, really??? a kennedy Aug 2016 #4
No one in Trumps position this late has ever come back to win Doctor Jack Aug 2016 #5
I really hope you are right........ a kennedy Aug 2016 #6
It is not early. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2016 #10
Thanks..... a kennedy Aug 2016 #11
Don't underestimate Trump. Remember, no one ever went broke FuzzyRabbit Aug 2016 #13
Goldwater wasn't doing this badly, if I recall correctly. Coyotl Aug 2016 #15
I don't know if it is too early to predict. Gore1FL Aug 2016 #12
The comment was in the context of a dtiscussion. Adrahil Aug 2016 #17
I hear the fat lady walking closer... nt procon Aug 2016 #7
Hillary going to get the lowest margin a woman has won the Presidency with. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #8
Never never never count your chickens James48 Aug 2016 #14
Now we're talkin' lillypaddle Aug 2016 #16

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
3. Well she's currently set at worst, to have a 75% to win
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 10:34 PM
Aug 2016

Silver would probably tell you by any standard that is likely, though not a lock.

Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)
5. No one in Trumps position this late has ever come back to win
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 10:42 PM
Aug 2016

At least since polls started to actually become accurate in the 1950's. Some people may fear underestimating him. I think the opposite is true. He is a doofus and too many people drastically overestimate his abilities.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
10. It is not early.
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 11:59 PM
Aug 2016

Trump has been spewing garbage for 100 weeks or so now. We are down to around 10 weeks to go. There is no time to repair the damage.

FuzzyRabbit

(1,967 posts)
13. Don't underestimate Trump. Remember, no one ever went broke
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 12:42 AM
Aug 2016

underestimating the American public.

Trump has about 40 million people right now who think he is the best thing since sliced bread. And elections usually become closer as the election approaches.

Every night on TV we hear how Trump's message has become more positive. On the same newscasts the only things we hear about Clinton is about the email "scandal" and the Clinton foundation "scandal". The TV news is doing its best to elect Trump.

Unless Trump goofs up big again, like with the Khans, he could very well be the next president. This is unlikely since his new handlers have a tight grip on what he says.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
15. Goldwater wasn't doing this badly, if I recall correctly.
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 01:20 AM
Aug 2016

And Trump is still predicted to outperform Goldwater. Things can still go way downhill for Trump, but uphill is unlikely. There's a consensus building that Trump is not Presidential material, and that transcends political views. Meanwhile, Clinton is 20 times the most respected woman on earth. Hillary isn't the sort of person you can demonize easily because of that history, and they just diminish themselves while wasting their efforts trying to do so. Plus, they underestimate her deluding themselves while not convincing others.

Gore1FL

(21,130 posts)
12. I don't know if it is too early to predict.
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 12:03 AM
Aug 2016

It's too early to celebrate. There are many down-ballot races to work on, too.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
17. The comment was in the context of a dtiscussion.
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 06:14 AM
Aug 2016

He's not calling the election for her. His models say it is still possible for Trump to win.

James48

(4,435 posts)
14. Never never never count your chickens
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 12:45 AM
Aug 2016

Before you count the votes.

Weird stuff happens. Like people deciding not to vote.


I will not stop campaigning on her behalf until AFTER the votes are counted.

Period.

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