Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

stillwaiting

(3,795 posts)
12. They seem to be attempting to control the narrative more these days.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:25 PM
Mar 2016

They don't appear to be trying to remain objective and unbiased. Far from it to my mind.

Polling in general is so ridiculous now though.

They predicted bernie would lose every single state Csainvestor Mar 2016 #1
yes itsrobert Mar 2016 #2
It shows up a little differently on my computer: Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #5
ok itsrobert Mar 2016 #6
Are you arguing that 538 is flawless because they predict both possible outcomes and one is right? Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #8
Both are within the margin of error itsrobert Mar 2016 #10
Polls have margins of error. Predictions do not. So does 538 get credit for a "win" when it predicts Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #14
How did you find those pages? LAS14 Mar 2016 #15
This is what I get when I first open... LAS14 Mar 2016 #17
Click on "Primary Forecasts" and scroll to the result you want (past races are at the bottom) Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #18
Wondering if Bernie's campaign is so non-traditional, they can not catch the data? kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #3
His objective might be a little different now. stillwaiting Mar 2016 #7
Are they manipulating data? Or they don't have correct data? kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #11
They seem to be attempting to control the narrative more these days. stillwaiting Mar 2016 #12
It is not just tehm, starting in 2000 nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #4
There are some threads on DU with some wildly wrong predictions. noamnety Mar 2016 #9
Their innovation is to never actually make a prediction. jeff47 Mar 2016 #13
They do the same thing in sports BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #16
Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»2016 Postmortem»Did 538 predict Hillary w...»Reply #12