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.

  • Lauchs@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Yeah, it’s kind of amazing.

    If there’s a good poll for Kamala, it’s upvotes to the moon. If it’s a good one from trump, voted to the underworld.

    That sort of hive mind, shut out anything I dislike attitude is the same attitude that makes half the country ignore any and all criticism of trump.

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      17 days ago

      I think you’ll find the same number of people saying that polls are meaningless and to just vote in any of these “poll says” threads.

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        17 days ago

        Absolutely but polls one way get huge upvotes and polls the other get huge downvotes.