Month: August 2016

Another example how poll reporting is awful

Anyone who follows data seriously is continually amused and angered by its use.  From Booman citing of a Loras Iowa poll that virtually everyone knew was bad, to this morning’s MD poll of Florida. So some history....

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Serious Question

I wonder how long the Palin/Trump wing of the party will persist in dissing community organizers (like myself) even as they get throttled at the polls by community organizers? I mean, this suits me just fine, but it’s so...

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A New Way to Game Out the Election

Reuters has a new Electoral College calculator that you can use as a supplement to the cruder 270toWin. What’s particularly nice about it is that it allows you to play around with different turnout models. The default is...

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