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Re:Fake news was illegal in 17th century colonial Massachusetts by jessaustin on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @05:35PM (#17025404)
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Silver didn't call a close election, though. That would have been impressive. All he said was that it would be closer than a landslide.

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Re:Fake news was illegal in 17th century colonial Massachusetts by dragonwriter on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @05:57PM (#17025599)
> Silver didn't call a close election, though.

Silver predicted a fairly high probability of a very close election, including a 10.8% chance Clinton would win the popular vote and lose the electoral vote.

> All he said was that it would be closer than a landslide.

No, Silver's model provided a lot more detail than that.

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