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Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Wed November 07, 2018 9:15 pm
by bune
I feel smarter now for some reason.

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Wed November 07, 2018 10:05 pm
by Norah

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Wed November 07, 2018 10:06 pm
by Simple Torture
cutuphalfdead wrote:
I think it's wild that a former governor and a former major-party presidential candidate just won a Senate seat and no one is talking about it.

Also, I didn't watch the video: is the big reveal a dog on the roof?

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Wed November 07, 2018 10:29 pm
by tragabigzanda
FUCK ICE

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Wed November 07, 2018 10:51 pm
by bune
Isn't he basically aping a video that Beto did a few days ago? Driving while talking?

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Wed November 07, 2018 10:54 pm
by McParadigm
Moving right along
Footloose and fancy free

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Wed November 07, 2018 11:41 pm
by Strat
Will he be a new senate swing vote now? Replacing John McCain? or will he fall right in line like the rest of them?

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Wed November 07, 2018 11:45 pm
by 96583UP
there won’t be anything to vote on

the 2020 election starts now

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Thu November 08, 2018 12:13 am
by Green Habit
Strat wrote:Will he be a new senate swing vote now? Replacing John McCain? or will he fall right in line like the rest of them?
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Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Thu November 08, 2018 12:31 am
by BurtReynolds
At least our elections aren't the only joke in the world


Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Thu November 08, 2018 12:37 am
by bart
Why are there no headlines that say Sessions Timed Out?

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Thu November 08, 2018 12:39 am
by bune
durdencommatyler wrote:I don't think I have the words to express what my heart feels right now for my home, for Kansas. Ad Astra Per Aspera, motherfuckers!
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Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Thu November 08, 2018 1:36 am
by McParadigm
bart wrote:Why are there no headlines that say Sessions Timed Out?
Citizen Kane clapping gif.

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Thu November 08, 2018 1:42 am
by McParadigm
I fucking hate this guy:
A few days ago, McParadigm wrote wrote:The world we’re about to enter is likely to be more unstable, and probably more violent, than the one we’re closing up tomorrow.

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Thu November 08, 2018 1:51 am
by 96583UP
i look forward to recount conversations for the next couple months

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Thu November 08, 2018 3:36 pm
by Rob
Since 2012, when Nate Silver delivered basically a perfect game, I feel like people have taken that type of work too seriously/literally. If you are expecting someone to win based on that type of work, that is your problem. It's a time sensitive snapshot of a range of possibilities, nothing more. It can't capture everything. That said, I think if you are a math person, understand that most people aren't, and have some patience. I feel like Nate has slowly gotten better about this. If you're not a math person, ask someone who is about what this stuff is for. I am fortunate to have a brother wired for math who has helped me with this stuff.
McP wrote:I honestly think Pelosi isn’t half the problem that Schumer is
Yes Yes Yes. The right wing smear machine has been after Pelosi forever, but she's gotten things done. I can't take Shumer seriously at all.

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Thu November 08, 2018 3:39 pm
by ---
hey rob

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Thu November 08, 2018 3:56 pm
by Rob
--- wrote:hey rob
Hi

I should also add that I think 538 does great work, and if people just listened to their podcast once in a while, lots of things would be cleared up.

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Thu November 08, 2018 3:58 pm
by run2death
Are we really pretending that Silver's models are some complex codex that the average election/political junky doesn't get?

The question is really about the value you assign to the models.

Re: 2018 Midterms

Posted: Thu November 08, 2018 4:00 pm
by washing machine
Rob wrote:
--- wrote:hey rob
Hi

I should also add that I think 538 does great work, and if people just listened to their podcast once in a while, lots of things would be cleared up.
Been sort of following the conversation on the past few pages, but i’ll second this.

The weeks leading up to election 2016 did not give me a good feeling about Hillary’s chances. That was primarily due to Silver and co. highlighting an ever-so-slight movement of the polling data towards Trump.