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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is there so much concern about 538?
Those are real time projections that update as results come in. As per Nate:
Link to tweet

TlalocW
(15,632 posts)Without knowing the reason behind them. Nate says (in that tweet and elsewhere) that the model is too aggressive.
TlalocW
BumRushDaShow
(146,636 posts)because it is driving some people on DU ridiculously insane.
boston bean
(36,651 posts)It is useless information and spin.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)I mentioned that on several sites. He is tinkering with them tonight even as numbers are changing.
They will be significantly different in 2020.
The House is everything. I don't blame people for freaking out.
boston bean
(36,651 posts)TomSlick
(12,110 posts)I can't worry about Nate right now - the game is on.
Lotusflower70
(3,099 posts)Some people are stressed by the constant swing of the pendulum.
gay texan
(2,937 posts)I mean, I get it. The soul of this nation is at stake
budkin
(6,849 posts)Nate is getting torn up right now over it.
Denzil_DC
(8,117 posts)Link to tweet
@DanielLarison
If you have a better idea for giving strangers aneurysms, lets hear it
Julian Sanchez @normative
I swear I will never understand the amount of energy and attention devoted to realtime predictive modeling of an outcome were all going to know in like three hours.Link to tweet
cmb1729
(49 posts)I don't blame anyone for freaking out, but yeah we need to try to stay confident and it isn't easy after 2016.