For the first time since 538 published our presidential election forecast for Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, Trump has taken the lead (if a very small one) over Harris. As of 3 p.m. Eastern on Oct. 18, our model gives Trump a 52-in-100 chance of winning the majority of Electoral College votes. The model gives Harris a 48-in-100 chance.

  • comador @lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Meanwhile, factually and statistically, out of all the presidential polls ever conducted, they’re only 60% correct.

    All polls are useless.

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      19 hours ago

      You are fundamentally misunderstanding the difference between polling aggregators, like 538 and a poll.

      Though, if you really believe what you’re saying, how crazy lucky do you think, 538 must have been to get 32/35 senate races right, 417/435 house races and the presidential rave. Seeing as they repeated the performance in 2022, those lucky jerks should be going to Vegas, not working! /s