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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
for anyone who cares about this country to not boycott 538 makes me ill. 538 is why we have trump. for 538 to report on R's losing stuff it should say, "because we ignored polls and lulled everyone into a false sense of security, space fucks voted third party, and now that an insane person is prez, voters are turning against his party." If it posted that then maybe you can read it, but otherwise, no.
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Not just 538 but the whole numerics based reporting industry is deeply at fault, but to a great degree because of the numeric illiteracy of the population. Nate always told us there was a good chance Hilary would lose, we just assumed that because there was a better chance she would win, that would happen.
As someone once given a 1-in-8 chance of living six months (and whose poor wife was once told I had a one-in-four chance of seeing morning), I've come to embrace and appreciate long odds.
And Sebby will tell you he wasn't making a Pascalian wager with his vote, and that he still doesn't regret his vote. Your call as to whether you think he's a moron or a liar, but I think many third party voters fit into the same mindset.
At the end of the day, I'll put Nate after the Foxes of the World and the Sebby's of the world in the blame game. Still in the top three.
