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Kris's avatar

Honestly - I don’t follow silver now, or put value on anything he says. Math - data analysis is supposed to be impartial. And he’s anything but. How can anyone trust his numbers when he clearly vocalizes his biases.

For the record , Rosenberg never stated harris would absolutely win. I listened to him , read his stack throughout the campaign . He ALWAYS stated it would be tight - always. And he did give accolades to Harris and her campaign for how well run it was- Rosenberg was not the only person noting that , btw, ppl with experience running campaigns were noting it- bc it was exceptional.

Everyone is HOPEFUL their candidate wins. It would seem that silver strives to have democrats feel so defeated that they throw in the towel and don’t even try… kinda like behavior tim Snyder warns us against. That said, silver seems to be operating as part of the levers of nascent authoritarianism- why believe anything he says?

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Joe M's avatar

I was a dedicated reader of 538 for years, starting before the 2008 election (which they nailed). Not just politics but sports, pop culture, etc. After ABC laid everyone off that site went into the shitter, and Silver realized he was free to be his worst self. So I don’t follow either any more. Instead I fill the void with hopeful left-leaning Substack content. I think it’s better.

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