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2016 Postmortem

RexCasual

(171 posts) Tue Nov 8, 2016, 03:05 PM Nov 2016

I'm enjoying the Votecastr projections and updates

For those who haven't heard, Votecastr is a newish internet tool, courtesy of Slate, that purports to show voter numbers as they occur in most of the swing states. No spoilers, but I'm thoroughly enjoying it (and blue turnout looks great

If you're inclined, check it out:

http://www.slate.com/votecastr_election_day_turnout_tracker.html

Have a GREAT Election Day all

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I'm enjoying the Votecastr projections and updates (Original Post) RexCasual Nov 2016 OP

Not a very reliable survey Omar4Dems Nov 2016 #1

Their Florida vote totals look great for us jzodda Nov 2016 #3

Wouldn't buy into any of its results IamTheNoodle Nov 2016 #4

They're basically just guessing. I'll wait for tonight, thanks anyway! emulatorloo Nov 2016 #5

Omar4Dems

(128 posts)

1. Not a very reliable survey

Reply to RexCasual (Original post)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 03:19 PM

Nov 2016

They just count the number of voters, and then make blind assumptions of who they voted for. So take their data with a huge grain of salt.

Even so, there's no bad news in their tea leaves.