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Re:Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U... by Volundr on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @08:52AM (#32411061)
Yeah even the most favorable polls for Clinton gave Trump a 20% chance. The failure in the runup to the 2016 election wasn't polling, but rather most people failing to understand probability.
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Re:Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U... by shlurpy on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @09:31AM (#32411588)
A 20% chance still happens quite often.
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Re:Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U... by Volundr on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:46PM (#32414946)
Exactly. It's a 1 in 5. Sure the polls put the odds against Trump, but they were far from overwhelming.
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