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To: neolib who wrote (761751)	1/6/2014 3:02:25 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574851

>> It got to the point where the politicians took to believing the polls they liked, and the polling organizations were starting to cater to their respective "clients" until Nate Silver came along and taught them all a lesson. That's really not accurate. What happened is that Nate Silver took the polls at 100% face value, and they turned out to be right. The Right-leaning talking heads thought the polls were not accurately reflecting turnout because they weren't taking into account the Obama campaign's ability to get the totally uninformed idiots to vote. Obama was able to do that, which is why he was reelected (obviously, no informed person who wasn't a left wing nutjob would have voted for him).

To: neolib who wrote (761751)	1/6/2014 3:27:55 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Recommended By Alex MG Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574851

"One of the better ways to understand this is to look a political polling and the last election. It got to the point where the politicians took to believing the polls they liked, and the polling organizations were starting to cater to their respective "clients" until Nate Silver came along and taught them all a lesson." The factoid I love it that Romney had jetloads of people flying into Boston for his "victory party", based on what HIS pollsters were telling him! It turned into a big cry-off, as the actual loss occurred.