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Re:An election forecast that's 50-50 is not "giving up." by JumpCrisscross on Monday March 10, 2025 @09:18PM (#43328167)
> since 538 was cut by ABC a month or 2 ago. But Nate Silver's pollster rating methodology is pretty much the same as 538's was during his tenure there

Nate took his model with him. After he left, 538 rolled a new model.

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Re:An election forecast that's 50-50 is not "giving up." by culi on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @01:15PM (#43334781)
I'm aware. It's sad to see 538 gone though. I was looking forward to seeing how the new 538 model would compare to silver's model
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Re:An election forecast that's 50-50 is not "giving up." by Suppafly on Friday March 14, 2025 @04:15PM (#43366786)
>Nate took his model with him. After he left, 538 rolled a new model.

So they let him leave with the only part of it that had value, that's insane. They essentially just paid him for the name?

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