And then there are some people with no credence whatsoever that just refuse to go away...
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/unskewed-polls-founder-i-was-only-wrong-because?ref=fpb ... and bonus: further proof that Examiner.com will print anything. ~D ---- Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Greg Diener <[email protected]> wrote: > > > During the election the three things I kept a watchful eye on were Nate > > Silver's blog, Sam Wang's calculation at Princeton and the Rand > > Presidential Poll. > > > > All three polls had Obama at consistently winning and Romney as an > > underdog. It was unbelievable during the election season to see people like > > the Unskewed Polls guy Dean Chambers go so far as to say that the numbers > > were so wrong that Romney was going to win by a gazillion billion votes. > > > > [SNIP] Even during the height of Mitt-Mentum on October 12th, Romney's > > chances of victory in the presidential race were at 38.9%. Also I mentioned > > Sam Wang of Princeton who accurately predicted the 2004 and (minus > > Nebraska's 2nd district) 2008 elections. Wang never had Obama falling below > > 270 electoral votes in any of his projections during the campaign. > > > There was a moment right around October 12 when my sister (a very smart > person) called me in a mild panic asking if Mittens had a legit shot > (basically was the media narrative right). "Nate says no," I replied. "I > believe Nate." > > If Silver reported that the sun had turned plaid, I'd at least look up and > see. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
