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Old 01-24-2017, 05:47 PM   #244
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Originally Posted by Delgar View Post
This is revisionist and inaccurate. The "good" polls tracked both popular vote and had translations to the electoral college. All of them had Hillary winning both.
fivethirtyeight had Hilary at a 75% chance to win the election. This means that 1 in 4 times, Trump wins.

A 75% chance is not 100%. A 25% chance is not 0%.

Even the other models, 90% chance to win is STILL not 100% chance. It's 1 in 10, which is pretty significant. I wouldn't do something if someone said I had a a 1 in 10 chance of being severely injured.
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